Friday, 13th March, 2009: The Authority has appointed an Enquiry Committee to investigate allegations made against the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (‘the Institute’) in an article in the Sunday Independent Newspaper of 7 January 2007 headed “KPMG: the great Houdinis” with particular reference to the prima facia case found by the Preliminary Enquiry Committee of the Authority that the Institute “has failed to comply with its approved investigation and disciplinary procedures” in relation to a complaint made against its member KPMG.
Further details of this Enquiry are to be found here. The closing date for receipt of submissions has now passed.