Download or read book Second Report on the Inquiry Into the Role of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Scrutinising the Executive s Budget and Expenditure written by Northern Ireland. Assembly. Finance and Personnel Committee and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee for Finance and Personnel commenced its Inquiry into the Role of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Scrutinising the Executive's Budget and Expenditure in July 2008. Intended to be conducted in stages, The aim of the inquiry is to maximise the Assembly's contribution To The Northern Ireland budget process and enhance the role of Assembly statutory committees and Members in budget and financial scrutiny. The first report of the inquiry, published in October 2008, formed the Committee's submission To The Department of Finance and Personnel's Review of the Northern Ireland Executive Budget 2008-11 Process, which reported in May 2010. This second report of the inquiry is the Committee's response To The recommendations arising from the Department's review. The Committee considers that a number of the principles arising from both the Department's review And The Committee's inquiry could form the basis for modelling the future budget processes in terms of engagement, openness and transparency.
Download or read book Third Report on the Inquiry Into the Role of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Scrutinising the Executive s Budget and Expenditure written by Northern Ireland. Assembly. Finance and Personnel Committee and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Third report marks the completion of the Committee's inquiry into the role of the Northern Ireland Assembly in scrutinising the Executive's budget and expenditure, which it commenced in July 2008. The Inquiry aimed to maximise the Assembly's contribution to the Northern Ireland budget process and to enhance the role of Assembly statutory committees and Members in budget and financial scrutiny. This final report further examines the process and procedures for scrutinising and agreeing Executive budgets and also considers the resources available to assist Assembly committees and Members in this regard and the approaches to such scrutiny. In previous consideration of Executive spending plans and the draft Budget 2011-15, members noted that a majority of Assembly statutory committees were dissatisfied at the level of engagement with their respective departments and the level of detail available on departmental spending proposals. The Committee is concerned that such repeated failures compromise the ability of the Assembly to fulfil its scrutiny role effectively, and believes this is exacerbated by the lack of a regularised budget process. A number of practical measures are therefore set out in this Report, aimed at establishing stronger procedures and processes, which will enable the Assembly to fully exercise its role in this regard.
Download or read book Report on the Inquiry Into the Scrutiny of the Northern Ireland Executive s Budget and Expenditure written by Northern Ireland. Assembly. Finance and Personnel Committee and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comparing Devolved Governance written by D. Birrell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government.
Download or read book Report on the Response to the Executive s Review of the Financial Process in Northern Ireland written by Northern Ireland. Assembly. Finance and Personnel Committee and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Executive's public revenue and expenditure process takes place in the context of the wider UK control and management framework. The current process has existed in Northern Ireland for a considerable time and is based on an outdated Westminster model. The various components of the process serve different purposes and have developed over the years in individual directions resulting in significant misalignment between Budgets, Estimates and Accounts. Therefore, while based on the same basic dataset, the figurework in Budgets, Estimates and Accounts, although reconcilable, does not meet the Assembly's expectations in relation to transparency. Assembly members have expressed frustration with trying to understand sets of financial information that are calculated on a different basis and/or different boundaries, making it difficult to track spend from plans to outturn. This also limits the ability of Committees and members to challenge departments effectively. The Executive considered it was time to take stock and review the entire financial process with the objective of agreeing a simplified and streamlined process tailormade to meet the requirements of the devolved administration. Having considered the views of key stakeholders and the available evidence this report presents the initial recommendations. It must be emphasised that these recommendations, while indicating a direction of travel, are largely an effort to focus minds on the key areas for improvement and to kindle debate on the issues and possible reforms
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue written by Stationery Office (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of the Number of Members of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly and on the Reduction in the Number of Northern Ireland Departments written by Northern Ireland. Assembly. Assembly and Executive Review Committee and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review on the potential benefit of streamlining governing institutions, focusses on the number of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is based on views on the five Key Issues set out in the Committee's 'Call for Evidence' paper (see http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Assembly-Business/Committees/Assembly-and-Executive-Review/Reviews): 1. Whether the statutory link between Westminster and Northern Ireland constituencies should be removed and the implications of removing or retaining this link; 2. The implications of the forthcoming reduction (on the implementation of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011) and any further reduction in the number of MLAs; 3. The reduced number of MLAs required to ensure that the effectiveness of the Assembly in delivering its key functions is maintained, consistent with the safeguards on inclusivity; 4. Proposals to mitigate the impact of reducing the number of MLAs on the effectiveness of the Assembly in delivering its key functions, including in particular, proposals to ensure a robust and effective committee system; and 5. The reduction in the number of NI departments and associated re-allocation of functions which will ensure the effectiveness of the Executive functions are maintained. The Committee concluded that members consider that the issues are very much interlinked and that a holistic approach to reaching a view on the size of the Assembly in terms of the number of MLAs should be taken. It could not reach consensus on the size of the Assembly. This Report therefore sets out in some detail the particular position of the Political Parties represented on the Committee
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue 2011 written by Stationery Office and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stationery Office annual catalogue 2011 provides a comprehensive source of bibliographic information on over 4900 Parliamentary, statutory and official publications - from the UK Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and many government departments and agencies - which were issued in 2011.
Download or read book Submission to the Executive s Strategic Stocktake of the Budget Position for 2009 10 And 2010 11 written by Northern Ireland. Assembly. Finance and Personnel Committee and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents a co-ordinated submission by the Assembly statutory committees to the NI Executive's Strategic Stocktake of the Budget position for 2009/10 and 2010/11. The Executive decided in March 2008 that a Strategic Stocktake would be undertaken in place of a comprehensive local Budget process for 2008/09. The main emphasis of the Stocktake would be to assess the overall financial position in advance of the 2009/10 in-year monitoring process. The terms of reference for the exercise indicated that it would include a review of departmental progress against plans, the identification of reduced requirements and emerging pressures for the next two years and proposals for addressing the pressures through adjustments to existing plans and priorities. A range of budgetary concerns, both at a cross-cutting and a departmental level, arise from the submissions of the statutory committees and from the evidence presented by Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) officials. These issues have a particular resonance in the current economic and financial climate. In terms of strategic considerations, the following are highlighted in particular: doubt as to the reliability of information in departmental submissions to the Stocktake and, thus the evidence base upon which Executive decisions may be based; the failure by departments to fully address the Stocktake terms of reference, in identifying significant increased requirements without setting out how they will address these through adjustments to their existing plans and priorities; the potential for additional efficiency savings being required, in the context of possible slippage by departments in achieving existing efficiency targets; the budget implications of not achieving previously planned asset realisations; doubt as to the capacity of departments to deliver accelerated capital expenditure, in circumstances in which they are required to raise their standard of financial management and performance generally; the need for clarity on the implications for departmental budgets of the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report and of the outworking of the recent financial settlement between the Executive and Treasury; and general concern at the range and quantum of new and emerging pressures on existing budget allocations which remain to be addressed. The Committee calls on DFP and the wider Executive to consider carefully the concerns which have been raised in this submission.
Download or read book Report on Comprehensive Spending Review and Programme for Government written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee on the Programme for Government was set up in November 2006 to consider the priorities for a new Northern Ireland Executive and to make preparations for its restoration. This report by a Sub-Group of the Committee covers the comprehensive spending review, rates charges and water reform. The Subgroup opposes water charges, supports the analysis of the Chancellor's economic package and the alternative package proposals set out in the Economic Issues subgroup report. The report contains recommendations for a restored Executive's consideration on the identification and delivery of efficiency savings, their impact on frontline services, resources available from asset disposal and the priorities for future investment.
Download or read book Gender Budgets Make More Cents written by Debbie Budlender and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises ten papers which document "good practice" in gender budget work from across the globe.
Download or read book Managing Public Money written by Great Britain. Treasury and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 2007 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dated October 2007. The publication is effective from October 2007, when it replaces "Government accounting". Annexes to this document may be viewed at www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
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Download or read book The Scottish Political System Since Devolution written by Paul Cairney and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a narrative of Scottish politics since devolution in 1999. It compares eight years of coalition government under Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats with four years of Scottish National Party minority government. It outlines the relative effect of each government on Scottish politics and public policy in various contexts, including: high expectations for ‘new politics' that were never fully realised; the influence of, and reactions from, the media and public; the role of political parties; the Scottish Government's relations with the UK Government, EU institutions, local government, quasi-governmental and non-governmental actors; and, the finance available to fund policy initiatives. It then considers how far Scotland has travelled on the road to constitutional change, comparing the original devolved framework with calls for independence or a new devolution settlement. The book draws heavily on information produced since 1999 by the Scottish Devolution Monitoring project (which forms one part of the devolution monitoring project led by the Constitution Unit, UCL) and is supplemented by new research on public policy, minority government, intergovernmental relations and constitutional change.
Download or read book With Respect written by Mark Prebble and published by Institute of Policy Studies Victoria University of Welling. This book was released on 2010 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Respect is an important and practical book about the people involved at the heart of government in New Zealand. It covers history, constitutional principles and the law, but it is mostly about people and the roles they play. Recent events in New Zealand are used to illustrate the key issues. The examples include court cases, parliamentary inquiries and debates. Subjects range from the high drama of military deployments to the day-to-day business of parliamentary expenses. Events are brought to life with a combination of wisdom and wit, to give a clear picture of how government really works. With Respect is an invaluable resource for parliamentarians, public servants and students of politics, public law, public policy and public management.
Download or read book Select Committees Under Scrutiny written by Lucinda Maer and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
