Audit Committee 17 September 2025

Audit Committee

1. Apologies

2. Declarations of Interest

3. Minutes of Audit Committee Meeting held Wednesday 18 June 2025 (copy attached)

4. Terms of Reference Audit Committee (report attached)

5. Northern Ireland Audit Office Reports

5.1 Draft Report to those Charged with Governance 2024/25 (report to follow)

6. Year-end Accounts 2024/25 (verbal update)

7. Direct Award Contracts (report attached)

8. Annual Self-Assessment of Audit Committee (report attached)

9. Code of Governance (report to follow)

10. Global Internal Audit Standards (report attached)

11. Correspondence

12. Matters for reporting to Partnership Panel

IN COMMITTEE (ITEMS 13-19 INCLUSIVE)

13. Internal Audit Service 2025/26 (report attached)

14. Annual Internal Audit Plan 2025/2026 (report to follow)

14.1 Procurement of ICT Audit (report to follow)

15. Internal Audit (McHughLindsay) Reports

15.1 Treasury Management (Report attached)

15.2 ODHR (Report attached)

16. Prior Year Recommendations (report to follow)

17. Absenteeism Report (Quarter 1 – 2025-26) (report attached)

18. Corporate Risk Matrix and Register (report to follow)

19. Raising Concerns/Fraud (verbal)

20. Any Other Relevant Business (notified in accordance with Standing Order 12(o))

21. Date of Next Meeting – Wednesday 17 December 2025