Committee to refer Minister to Public Prosecution Service

The Committee for Regional Development today agreed to refer the Minister for Regional Development to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) for failing to respond to a requirement to produce a Project Assessment Review (PAR) report prepared by the Major Project Authority of the Cabinet Office into the Coleraine to Derry/Londonderry Phase 2 Railway project.

The Minister had been served with a notice under section 44 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to produce the PAR report by 1.00pm today. The Minister has not produced the report and as agreed at an emergency meeting this morning the Committee is to refer the matter to the PPS for consideration by the Director of Public Prosecutions.