The National Oversight and Audit Commission publishes its Internal Audit in Local Authorities Report 2023.
The Chair of the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC), Michael McCarthy, along with the NOAC Board, has today announced the publication of NOACs report, Internal Audit in Local Authorities Report 2023.
The Report is informed by a comprehensive survey carried out by NOAC in 2023. The report noted that the 31 local authorities in Ireland are responsible for the provision of over 1,100 services and in 2022 had a combined budgeted current expenditure of €6.3bn, and capital expenditure in the region of €4.51bn.
While there were many positive results noted throughout the report, NOAC is concerned that only one local authority had completed an external quality assurance review in the last five years, that seven local authorities did not have a Fraud and Corruption Alert Plan and nine did not examine their IT risk and the adequacy of its IT policy and procedures.
Five local authorities, including Donegal, did not have a standard operating procedure or manual in place for auditing purposes.
Donegal, along with 9 other councils, are lacking in a system to confirm the…
