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| Stephen Brimstone: DSD report recommends disciplinary investigation | Stephen Brimstone: DSD report recommends disciplinary investigation |
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| A civil service report into the behaviour of DUP adviser Stephen Brimstone has recommended that a disciplinary investigation be commenced, the BBC understands. | A civil service report into the behaviour of DUP adviser Stephen Brimstone has recommended that a disciplinary investigation be commenced, the BBC understands. |
| The report was carried out in 2013, but has never been published. | The report was carried out in 2013, but has never been published. |
| The Department for Social Development Committee is meeting in private session to discuss the report on Thursday. | |
| It was commissioned following a BBC Spotlight show which alleged political interference in the Housing Executive. | It was commissioned following a BBC Spotlight show which alleged political interference in the Housing Executive. |
| It claimed Mr Brimstone pressured DUP councillor Jenny Palmer to change her vote at a board meeting. | It claimed Mr Brimstone pressured DUP councillor Jenny Palmer to change her vote at a board meeting. |
| MLAs on the assembly's Department for Social Development (DSD) committee have been investigating the allegations raised by the programme. They have been seeking the civil service report for months. | MLAs on the assembly's Department for Social Development (DSD) committee have been investigating the allegations raised by the programme. They have been seeking the civil service report for months. |
| On Wednesday evening, the Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey finally released the report. | On Wednesday evening, the Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey finally released the report. |
| However, it is understood that sections of the 42-page document have been blanked out. | However, it is understood that sections of the 42-page document have been blanked out. |
| One recommendation that has not been blanked out says that Mr Brimstone's conduct warrants a formal disciplinary investigation. | One recommendation that has not been blanked out says that Mr Brimstone's conduct warrants a formal disciplinary investigation. |
| But it is not clear how and when that might take place. | But it is not clear how and when that might take place. |