Minister Osborne Responds to the Auditor General’s Update Report

  • Finance

December 14, 2018

The Auditor General today released her annual Update Report, which provides the status of recommendations made during previous reports to the House of Assembly.

This year’s update focuses on the December 2014 and June 2015 Report to the House of Assembly, which included 131 recommendations for 17 government departments or agencies. Government has implemented 94 per cent of these recommendations either fully or partially.

A full breakdown of the recommendations and their status is provided in the backgrounder below.

Quotes
“I would like to thank the Auditor General for providing an update on the 2014 and 2015 Reports to the House of Assembly. We value the Auditor General’s counsel on matters of public interest. Significant progress has been made on these recommendations across government, which speaks to our government’s commitment to continuously improving our services and processes.”
Honourable Tom Osborne
Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board

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BACKGROUNDER

Summary of Report Items by Department

Department / Report Number of Original Recommendations Fully Implemented or Otherwise Resolved Partially Implemented Not Implemented
Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
Memorial University of Newfoundland-2014 3 0 0 3
Labour Market Development Agreement-2015 2 2 0 0
  5 2 0 3
Central Regional Health Authority
Personal Care Home Regulation-2015 6 4 2 0
  6 4 2 0
Eastern Regional Health Authority
Nutrition in Long Term Care Facilities-2015 9 6 3 0
Personal Care Home Regulation-2015 5 3 2 0
  14 9 5 0
Education and Early Childhood Development
Teacher Professional Development-2015 7 3 4 0
  7 3 4 0
Finance
Financial Assistance to Business-2015 3 0 1 2
  3 0 1 2
Fisheries and Land Resources
Aquaculture Industry Support-2014 5 2 3 0
Financial Assistance to Business-2015 3 3 0 0
  8 5 3 0
Health and Community Services
Newfoundland and Labrador Prescription Drug Program-2015 10 9 1 0
Nutrition in Long Term Care Facilities-2015 2 0 2 0
Personal Care Home Regulation-2015 2 0 2 0
  14 9 5 0
Labrador Regional Health Authority
Personal Care Home Regulation-2015 4 3 1 0
  4 3 1 0
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland-2014 10 8 2 0
  10 8 2 0
Municipal Affairs and Environment
Municipal Infrastructure-2015 4 1 2 1
  4 1 2 1
Natural Resources
Newfoundland and Labrador Energy Plan-2014 1 1 0 0
Financial Assistance to Business-2015 3 0 2 1
  4 1 2 1
Newfoundland and Labrador English School District
Teacher Professional Development-2015 7 0 7 0
  7 0 7 0
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Labour Market Development Agreement-2015 3 3 0 0
Office of the Chief Information Officer-2015 9 9 0 0
  12 12 0 0
Service NL
Pension Plan Regulations-2015 4 1 2 1
Personal Care Home Regulation-2015 8 2 6 0
  12 3 8 1
Tourism Culture, Industry and Innovation
Financial Assistance to Business-2015 3 1 2 0
  3 1 2 0
 

Transportation and Works

Use of External Consultants-2015 2 1 1 0
Use of Government Vehicles-2014 2 1 1 0
  4 2 2 0
Western Regional Health Authority
Nutrition in Long Term Care Facilities-2015 9 8 1 0
Personal Care Home Regulation-2015 5 3 2 0
14 11 3 0
Totals 131 74 49 8
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