Press Releases

Invest NI Performance Must be Measured by Actual Outcomes

The measurement of Invest NI’s performance should be based on investment achieved and jobs created, rather than on promises by investors or the results anticipated at the start of projects. That’s the message from the Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee which today launched its report into the performance of Invest NI.

No Evidence that Health and Social Care Services are Safer for Patients than a Decade Ago

A Report published today by the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted that, while the vast majority of services provided by Health and Social Care Trusts are of a very high quality, patients and service users can suffer largely preventable harm and suffering.

Committee Slates Housing Executive over Management and Accountability Failures

Rates Debt Rises To £160 Million

A new Report from the Assembly Public Accounts Committee has raised concerns that the level of rate debt has almost doubled in the last five years rising from £88 million in 2006-07 to £160 million in 2011-12.

Early Enforcement by NIEA Needed to Save Listed Buildings

Concerns Raised Over Former Military Sites

Failed Bioscience Institute: A Lesson in How Not to Manage Innovation Projects

Pensioners Miss Out on Millions in Unclaimed Benefits

PAC Reports on External Consultancy Spend

Use of Locum Doctors Must Be Closely Managed

Community and Voluntary Sector Make Vital Contribution Says Committee

Farm Nutrients Scheme poor value for money at £121 Million

Reform Exorbitant Criminal Legal Aid System Says Committee

Committee Agrees Priorities for New Inquiries

Basic Skills Still a Problem for Many Adults

Committee Takes Stock of Four Years Oversight

Public Accounts Committee Releases Report into NI Water

Better Oversight Needed In Homes For Older People

Committee Report on Ministerial Appointments Receives Assembly Support

Statement by the Public Accounts Committee

Statement from the chair of the Public Accounts Committee

Disability Living Allowance Appeals Process Must Be Improved

Substitute Teacher Cover Cost £66 Million

PAC Finds Office Space Cost Taxpayers £1.8m

Statement from the Assembly Public Accounts Committee

Statement from Chair of Assembly Public Accounts Committee Inquiry into Northern Ireland Water

Public Accounts Committee Calls North/South Bodies To Account

Government Slow to Learn Project Management Lessons, Committee Finds

Organised Crime Must be Stamped Out says Committee

Private Sector Scoops £54 million in PFI Project

Patients Wait 15 Years For Resettlement In The Community

Personal Injury Claims Costing Taxpayer £4 million per year

Gateway Review Process Could Save Millions, Says Committee

Assembly Committee Gives Education Programme An 'A' For Effort

Planning Service 'Not Fit for Purpose' says Public Accounts Committee

No room for complacency as health improves for local people

Welfare-to-Work Programme Failed Participants

PAC puts Irish Sport Horse Project under scrutiny

Departmental Performance Claims Unreliable, Says Committee

Nomadic Restoration Could Cost Taxpayers £7 Million

Social housing arrears exceed £20 million

PAC Report Highlights Serious Failings in IDB Backed Inward Investment Project

PAC Report Highlights Suspected Fraud in BELB