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\nReport 2024  \nNOAC Report No. 77 − September 2025 [Web: www.noac.ie](Web: www.noac.ie) Email: [info@noac.ie](info@noac.ie)  \nNOAC (the National Oversight and Audit Commission) was established in July 2014, under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, to provide independent oversight of the local government sector.  \nThe statutory functions assigned to NOAC include the scrutiny of the performance of local government bodies against, or in comparison with, relevant indicators.  \nThere are 46 separate indicators covering 11 areas that NOAC considers appropriate to review.  \nThis report is based on data provided to the Local Government Management Agency in response to reporting guidelines issued by NOAC.  \nContents  \nExecutive Summary 2 Acknowledgements 4 Abbreviations 5 Chapter 1 – Introduction 7 Chapter 2 – Message from the Working Group Chair and 2024 Highlights 14 Chapter 3 – 2024 Results, Tables, Figures and Trends 21  \n- Section 1: Housing 21  \n- Section 2: Roads 52  \n- Section 3: Water 83  \n- Section 4: Waste/Environment 89  \n- Section 5: Planning 109  \n- Section 6: Fire Services 127  \n- Section 7: Library Service/Recreation 140  \n- Section 8: Youth/Community 153  \n- Section 9: Corporate 160  \n- Section 10: Finance 176  \n- Section 11: Economic Development 199  \nChapter 4 – Quality Assurance Review of Data 215 Appendix 1 – Details of Local Authorities validated 231 Appendix 2 – Revisions to 2024 Report 234  \nLocal Authority Performance Indicator Report 2024  \n1  \nExecutive Summary  \nThis report marks the eleventh edition of the annual Local Authority Performance Indicator Report series. A core statutory function of the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) is the scrutiny of local government bodies against relevant performance indicators (PIs). In 2024, NOAC assessed 46 indicators spanning 11 key areas of local authorities’ diverse functions, with the aim of providing objective, data-driven insights into performance.  \nThe publication of this report comes at a time when the Local Democracy Taskforce is reviewing, among other aspects, the role of NOAC and the timeliness of its reporting. This ongoing review underscores the significance of ensuring that NOAC’s work remains impactful, timely, and aligned with evolving public sector policy.  \nFollowing each annual report, NOAC undertakes a review of the indicators to assess whether they require refinement or clarification, and whether new indicators should be introduced. For the 2024 report, a new indicator, R4 Road Opening Licensing and Inspections was introduced. While this is an important area of measurement, feedback from several local authorities during the validation process indicates some operational issues with how the reinstatement works are reported and approved and differences are often outside the control of local authority engineers. This is down to different utility companies operating with a variety of different road opening schemes. As this is the inaugural year for assessing performance against national targets, NOAC found a notable variation in results. Moving forward, NOAC anticipates improved outcomes and achievement of the Department of Transport (DoT) targets by more local authorities.  \nAnother new indicator, this one in its second year in 2024, H7 Social Housing Retrofit, also raised concern. Data validation and feedback received suggest that the targets associated with this indicator of 36,500 Local Authority properties to be retrofitted to B2 Building Energy Rating (BER) or Cost Optimal equivalent by 2030 are unlikely to be met.  \nNOAC has compiled a comprehensive body of data and performance-related information in this report, as well as trend data across all indicators. 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