Northern Ireland Audit Office

Northern Ireland Audit Office
Assessing the Quality of Education in Northern Ireland - Read the full report here
Public Reporting Programme 2026 - 2027
Evaluation of Programmes Addressing Educational Disadvantage
Partnership Working: Departments and Arm's Length Bodies. Read the full report here
Leading and Resourcing the NI Civil Service - Click here to read the full report
Welcome to Northern Ireland Audit Office
Latest news
Code of Audit Practice (Local Government)
15 April 2026
C&AG announces Public Reporting Programme 2026-27
03 April 2026
NIAO intends to issue an invitation to tender
23 January 2026
NIAO Director Brian O’Neill has taken up the role of Northern Ireland’s Local Government Auditor (LGA)
05 January 2026
Recent reports
Code of Audit Practice 2026
15 April 2026
Statement of responsibilities of the Local Government Auditor and Local Government Bodies – issued by the Local Government Auditor 2026
15 April 2026
Assessing the Quality of Education in Northern Ireland
02 April 2026
What we do
Financial Audit
Central Government Audits
Local Government Audits
Value for money audit
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Work in progress
Strategic Review of the Planning Appeals Commission
The Use of Temporary and Agency Nurses
Tenancy Fraud
Governance in the Voluntary Grammar Sector
Department of Education’s Landscape Review of the Education Authority (June 2022): Progress report on implementation of recommendations
Health Estates
Flood Risk Management in Northern Ireland
City and Growth Deals