Special Advisers
Recommendations related to special advisers
5
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (4)Accepted in part (1)
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recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
5 total
RHI-40
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Declaration of Interests
Ministers, Special Advisers and officials in Northern Ireland government Departments should declare their interests annually in writing. When any conflict of interest arises during the course of government business each …
Northern Ireland Executi…
RHI-41
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Special Adviser Code of Conduct Revision
The Special Adviser Code of Conduct should be revised. How these changes are achieved will need to be a matter for the political representatives concerned in the construction of a …
Northern Ireland Executi…
RHI-43
Accepted in part
RHI Inquiry
Independent Compliance Assessment
In addition, the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly ought, in the Inquiry's view, to give due consideration to an independent mechanism to assess compliance with codes of conduct in public …
Northern Ireland Executi…
RHI-6
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Special Adviser Role Clarity
(i) Under existing arrangements, Northern Ireland Ministers should be responsible for their Special Advisers. (ii) New or returning Ministers should be invited to convey to the relevant Permanent Secretary, and …
Northern Ireland Executi…
RHI-7
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Special Adviser Induction
There should be a clearly defined induction process for new Special Advisers, shared by the appointing Minister and the relevant Permanent Secretary, in the course of which the structure and …
Northern Ireland Executi…