The Secretary of State was scathing as he set out his emergency Stormont budget in the absence of a power-sharing Executive.
Stormont ministers had "failed to protect the public finances" despite Northern Ireland's block grant providing "21% more funding per head" than equivalent spending in Great Britain, Chris Heaton-Harris said.
He told MPs that if caretaker ministers had shown the "necessary diligence" during the last six months, budgetary measures he was introducing "would not be needed".
