Author: Northern Ireland. Assembly. Assembly and Executive Review Committee Publisher: ISBN: 9780339604315 Category : Languages : en Pages : 475
Book Description
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
Author: Northern Ireland. Assembly. Assembly and Executive Review Committee Publisher: ISBN: 9780339604513 Category : Languages : en Pages : 376
Book Description
The aim of this report is to bring forward recommendations on how a reduction in the number of NI Departments could secure more effective and efficient governance arrangements, including better co-ordination and collaboration within and between Departments and their Agencies, providing a better service and value for money for the public, consistent with the safeguards on inclusivity. The Committees broad view is: (1) retain, in its substantive form, the current Department of Health; the current Department of Justice; and the current Department of Education; (2) create a new Department of the Economy; (3) create a new combined Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development; (4) create a new Department for Urban and Social Development or a new Department of Communities/Communities and Social Welfare/Community, Housing and Local Government Department; (5) revise/reform OFMDFM. The report sets out the principles that should underpin any reorganisation.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780215055460 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 174
Author: OECD Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 9264260013 Category : Languages : en Pages : 516
Book Description
Northern Ireland is currently undertaking public administration reforms. This report highlights areas where Northern Ireland possesses strengths upon which to build reforms and suggests actions for the future.
Author: Stephen McKay Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000728757 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 475
Book Description
Each of the jurisdictions within the United Kingdom is constantly refining the operational characteristics of its planning system and while there are some common practices, there are also substantive divergences. In each territory the planning template is shaped within a dynamic political and legal context and thus students and practitioners require an accessible, in-depth and up-to-date literature dealing with this matter. The multi-disciplinary contributors to this expanded Second Edition of Planning Law and Practice in Northern Ireland explore the progression of planning within the region and discuss prominent facets of contemporary development management, development plans, environmental law, property law and professional practice. Consideration is given to the consequences of Brexit for planning in Northern Ireland, devolved government institutional structures for planning, and the post-2015 emergent performance of local authorities in this arena. The book makes an important contribution to the wider literature in this field and, with its extensive citing of statutes and cases, provides an essential resource for students, planning practitioners and researchers.
Author: Cathy Gormley-Heenan Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137454008 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 237
Book Description
This book examines the governance arrangements in Northern Ireland through a multi-level lens, particularly in the period since the new institutions established through the 1998 Agreement became more firmly embedded.
Author: Sean Haughey Publisher: ISBN: 9781032562391 Category : Legislators Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"Northern Ireland's power-sharing Assembly is understudied in the legislative studies literature. Having been suspended (or de facto suspended) for around 40% of its existence, conversation has tended to focus more on the wider political problems in which the Assembly has been enmeshed and less on its day-to-day functions as a legislature. This book is the first to examine how the Assembly fulfils the four core functions of a legislature: representation, linkage, scrutiny, and policy-making. Using Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) as the primary unit of analysis, the book explores: who and how MLAs represent; their approach to cultivating links with constituents; their use of parliamentary scrutiny tools; and their contribution to law-making. The book grounds its analysis in original data sourced from elite interviews, surveys, parliamentary questions, legislation, and the Official Report of parliamentary proceedings. Readers will therefore be able to reflect on whether the Assembly's (often poor) reputations comport with empirical realities. This book contributes to debates in the legislative studies and consociational power-sharing literatures, and will be of interest to students and scholars of parliaments, devolution, and Northern Ireland politics"--
Author: Jeffrey L. Jowell Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 019870982X Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 451
Book Description
Since its first edition in 1985, The Changing Constitution has cemented its reputation for providing concise, scholarly and thought-provoking essays on the key issues surrounding the UK's constitutional development, and the current debates around reform. The eight edition of this highly successful volume is published at a time of accelerated constitutional change. This collection of essays brings together fourteen expert contributors to offer an invaluable source of material and analysis for all students of constitutional law and politics. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes updates on key developments, a 'library' of web links, and a timeline of key dates in British legal and political history.
Author: Northern Ireland. Assembly. Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Author: Northern Ireland. Assembly. Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Author: OECD
Author: Stephen McKay
Author: Cathy Gormley-Heenan
Author: Sean Haughey
Author: Jeffrey L. Jowell
Author: Great Britain: Northern Ireland Office
Author: Stationery Office (Great Britain)