Evidence received by the RHI Public Inquiry suggests that the overspend was not the £490m originally forecast. Slugger understands whilst there was a deficit of £23m – £29m for 2015-17, there was a break-even of income against operating cost liabilities last year.
Prior to 2015 DofE (NI) was obliged to hand unclaimed budget back to the Treasury in each year since the beginning of the scheme. In other words, the problem was fixed before Stormont was summarily collapsed by Sinn Féin. Words. Just. Fail. Me.
If you are interested in a spin-free guide to the real issues underlying RHI, try our piece from Mark Anderson written right in the teeth of the constitutional hysteria which triggered the 2017 collapse of Stormont.
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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