Isle of Man Chief Minister Tony Brown has announced an extension of public consultations on two bills to strengthen the independent scrutiny of the government and its accountability to the public.
Following requests for more time to respond, the consultations on the Tynwald Auditor General Bill and the Tynwald Commissioner for Administration Bill will both now close on October 16, 2009, a one-month extension of the previously-agreed September 17 deadline.
The bills provide for two new roles to be appointed by the Isle of Man’s parliament (the Tynwald) to carry out expert and impartial investigations into spending issues and public complaints in relation to government departments and other public bodies including local authorities.
The Tynwald Auditor General would conduct audits of public bodies, carry out value-for-money inspections, work with and support the Public Accounts Committee of Tynwald, and examine matters raised by Tynwald or the public. The establishment of an Auditor General was recommended by a Tynwald Select Committee that was set up following a review by the Public Accounts Committee of its role.
The Tynwald Commissioner for Administration would perform an ombudsman role with power to investigate complaints from members of the public that they had suffered injustice or hardship as the result of alleged maladministration or service failure on the part of the government or other public body. Such an investigation could only be made after a complaint had first been pursued with the body in question.
The Tynwald Commissioner for Administration Bill has its origins in a review by the Council of Ministers of the existing government complaints procedure. The review concluded that there was merit in the island introducing an ombudsman scheme to provide fair and impartial assessment of complaints divorced from political or administrative involvement.
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