Concerns over AG’s recommendations not being implemented
Posted May 25, 2011 11:41:27 AM.
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The low number of Auditor General recommendations which have come to fruition over the last four years is raising concerns with opposition Members of the Legislative Assembly.
Members of the provincial public accounts committee heard today that only one of five recommendations regarding wait times in Nova Scotia’s health care system has been implemented.
“If the recommendations are not put in place, then we feel there is a risk to the people,” auditor general Jacques Lapointe told reporters following Wednesday’s meeting.
“There could be financial loss to government,” he said. “There could be services that are delivered that aren’t delivered as well as they should be. So, it’s important, we feel, to put these things in place and do it promptly.”
The Department of Education has the worst track record, implementing only 14 per cent of the AG’s recommendations over the last four years.
The Department of Community Services is complying with 75 per cent.
Conservative MLA Chris d’Entremont told reporters a lot of the AG’s recommendations would improve processes and have the potential to save government money.
However, d’Entremont estimates the computer system needed to fix inefficiencies at the Registry of Motor Vehicles would cost tens of thousands of dollars.
