Criticism on the use of external consultants by Government Departments in the North has reached Accountancy Age. DFP rules have been ignored, costs have soared, EU regulations have been broken and the DFP permanent secretary cannot be held accountable by a public accounts committee due to the lack of devolved government.
A further report is available: Financial Audit and Reporting 2002-2003: General Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland Dry reading but with a feed like ‘However, the report concludes that with seven out of seventeen accounts for 2002-03 not receiving a clear audit opinion some departments have still considerable work to do to bring their financial reporting up to the standard the Assembly and Parliament have a right to expect’ you find lots of juicy tit-bits on how exactly your taxes are wasted.
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