The chair of Stormont’s executive office committee, Paula Bradshaw, said parties needed to “rebuild public trust”.
“Confusion in messaging, blurred lines between guidance and law, and the spectacle of leaks and political point-scoring damaged confidence at a time people needed it most,” she added.
The SDLP, Stormont’s official Opposition, said the report would make “painful” reading for families who lost a loved one to Covid”.
Mark H Durkan told the assembly that while the pandemic had passed, there remains a “clear absence of leadership”.
“The SDLP has consistently called for serious institutional reform… parties must accept responsibility and commit to change if we are to honour those who were lost.”
