DoJ Departmental Governance

Departmental Board

The Permanent Secretary is directly accountable to the Minister for the Department's performance. He is supported in discharging the day-to-day responsibilities by a Management Board, which comprises:

Role	Member
Permanent Secretary	Hugh Widdis
Director Justice Delivery	Deborah Brown
Director Access to Justice	Sean Holland
Director NI Courts and Tribunals Service	Glyn Capper
Director Safer Communities	Mark Goodfellow
Director Reducing Offending & Northern Ireland Prison Service	Beverley Wall
Non Executive Board Member	Colm McKenna
Non Excecutive Board Member	Catherine Dolliver

Board Minutes

Minutes from Departmental Board Meetings can be view at DoJ Board Minutes

Register of board members interests

The Department maintains a Register of Board Members Interests which can be viewed at DoJ Board Register of Interests

Departmental Audit & Risk Committee

The Departments Audit & Risk Committee is chaired by Colm McKenna, Independent Board Member. The Accounting Officer/Management Board has established an Audit and Risk Committee to support them in their responsibilities for issues of risk, control and governance by reviewing the comprehensiveness of assurances in meeting the Accounting Officer’s and Board’s Department’s assurance needs and reviewing the reliability and integrity of these assurances.

Membership

The members of the Audit Committee are:

Role	Member(s)
Independent Board Member	Brigitte Worth
Independent Board Member	Andrew Scott
Vice Chair	Catherine Dolliver
Chair	Colm McKenna

Annual Reports and Accounts

The Departments Annual Reports and Accounts can be viewed at Annual Report and Accounts

Departmental Corporate and Business Plan

The Departments Corporate and Business Plans can be viewed at Departmental Business Plans