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PAB’s Governance of Regulatory Frameworks- Risk Management
February 26, 2026IAASA’s Professional Body Supervision Team carried out a thematic review on thePrescribed Accountancy Bodies’ (PABs’) governance frameworks. IAASA is publishing a factsheet giving additional insights relating to risk management.
See more...Observations on wave 1 CSRD reporting
December 15, 2025IAASA has published a paper observations on Wave 1 CSRD reporting summarising key findings from our supervisory work on the first year of CSRD Wave 1 reporting in Ireland. The paper covers corporate reporting examinations, assurance quality inspections, and the challenges faced by entities and audit firms as they adapt to evolving sustainability reporting requirements. … Continued
See more...Governance of PABs’ Regulatory Frameworks
September 15, 2025IAASA’s Professional Body Supervision Team carried out a thematic review on the Prescribed Accountancy Bodies’ governance frameworks focusing on governance of regulatory functions. This factsheet highlights the key outcomes of the review. IAASA published the full report recently.
See more...IAASA Insights Podcast Episode 2: Profile of the Profession
August 18, 2025IAASA’s second episode of our podcast ‘IAASA Insights’ series, Profile of the Profession is available now. Mary Healy, Senior Supervision Manager in IAASA’s Professional Body Supervision Team, discusses the regulation of the accountancy profession in Ireland, and shares key insights from IAASA’s Profile of the Profession publication. Listen now on IAASA’s YouTube Channel. Download the transcript
See more...PABs’ Governance of Regulatory Frameworks
July 10, 2025In 2024 the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) issued a thematic questionnaire to the five PABs on the topic of Governance. IAASA is publishing PABs’ Governance of Regulatory Frameworks, a report relating to information collated by IAASA regarding Prescribed Accountancy Bodies (PABs) in Ireland. This information details the various aspects of the governance … Continued
See more...IAASA publishes Profile of the Profession 2024
April 30, 2025IAASA has published its annual Profile of the Profession for 2024. The Profile of the Profession provides a statistical profile of the five Prescribed Accountancy Bodies (PABs) within IAASA’s supervisory remit. It includes information on members and students, approved statutory auditors and statutory audit firms, and the regulation and monitoring of members, statutory auditors and … Continued
See more...Quality Assurance Reviews
June 28, 2024Notification – frequency of reviews IAASA wishes to highlight that the statutory requirement regarding quality assurance reviews conducted by the Recognised Accountancy Bodies (RABs) is not limited to every six years. Please see link to notification here
See more...IAASA publishes Profile of the Profession 2023
April 24, 2024IAASA has published its annual Profile of the Profession for 2023. This contains statistical data provided by the six Prescribed Accountancy Bodies (‘PABs’) within IAASA’s supervisory remit. The Profile of the Profession presents an overview of the PABs’ members and students and includes statistics about the PABs’ regulatory and monitoring activities. The full report is available … Continued
See more...Thematic – PABs’ Complaints Process Part II
April 8, 2024In 2023 IAASA published information about the initial stage of the complaints handling process. A second thematic review relating to the investigation and outcomes stages of the complaints process has now been completed. A summary of this thematic is available here
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