Archive Press Releases Session 2013-2014

Education Welfare Service must get to grips with school absence
An Assembly report, published today by the Public Accounts Committee, has found that the Education Welfare Service (EWS) is not on top of the problem of non-attendance at school.
Reference: PAC 09/13/14

Date: 11 June 2014

Committee criticises high cost of Account NI
The Assembly's Public Accounts Committee has today reported on the performance of Account NI, which makes payments on behalf of all local Government departments as well as 18 other public bodies.
Reference: PAC 08/13/14

Date: 14 May 2014

Committee calls for more robust investigations into Departmental fraud allegations
The Public Accounts Committee has today released two reports, published jointly, looking at the way investigations into the Roads Service and Northern Ireland Water were carried out.
Reference: PAC 06/13/14

Date: 7 May 2014

Committee finds PSNI cannot show agency staff were value for money
The Assembly's Public Accounts Committee has today released a report examining the use of agency staff in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), a practice which has cost £106 million since 2004.
Reference: PAC 05/13/14

Date: 26 March 2014

Committee says management at Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute was unacceptably poor
Management and oversight at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has been unacceptably poor, the Assembly Public Accounts Committee today revealed.
Reference: PAC 04/13/14

Date: 19 March 2014

Committee calls for review of current procurement structures
An Assembly report on collaborative procurement, published today by the Public Accounts Committee, has called for a review of the current procurement structures. Local public procurement accounts for around £2,700,000,000 (£2.7 billion) of expenditure each year.
Reference: PAC 03/13/14

Date: 22 January 2016

£11 million contract to rebuild Lyric Theatre flawed says Committee
An Assembly report, published today by the Public Accounts Committee, has found that the way the £11 million contract to rebuild the Lyric Theatre was awarded was significantly flawed and failed to adhere to principles of good practice.
Reference: PAC 02/13/14

Date: 13 November 2013

Committee condemns NI Fire and Rescue Service leadership
The Public Accounts Committee has today condemned the poor leadership provided by the senior management in the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) in its report, NI Fire and Rescue Service: An Organisational Assessment and Review of Departmental Oversight, and Report on Accounts 2011-12.
Reference: PAC 01/13/14

Date: 16 October 2013

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