Principal Officer, National Oversight LG and Water

Responsibility at Head of Business Unit level for providing full support to the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in the carrying out of its functions as the national oversight body of local government in Ireland.

NOAC was established under the Local Government Reform Act 2014. NOAC is a part time board with no staff – the unit provides support in this regard.

NOAC's functions are wide ranging and cover all local authority activities, involving the scrutiny of performance generally, and financial performance specifically. NOAC also has a role in supporting best practice, overseeing implementation of national local government policy and monitoring and evaluating implementation of corporate plans, adherence to service level agreements and public service reform by local government bodies.

Examples of such work include NOAC's Scrutiny Process which reviews the individual performance of local authorities in accordance with its statutory functions, the production of an annual Performance indicator report which examines 44 indicators under 11 separate headings covering a wide range of the functions of those local authorities, the production of the annual Public Spending Code which provides a composite report on all 31 local authorities, the hosting of an annual Good Practice in Local Government Seminar, the carrying out of work which assists local government audit committees in their functions, engaging with Elected Members, other government departments and agencies and numerous other roles on topics relating to customer service, governance, efficiency and reform, financial management and performance.