Technical alerts

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2025

• Technical Alert 02 2025 Letter in respect to provision of Limited Assurance under CSRD*
• Technical Alert 01 2025 Pointers for a Firm's Artificial Intelligence Policy **

2024

• Technical Alert 04 2024 Limited Assurance Report on Sustainability Statement *
• Technical Alert 03 2024 Succession Planning for Insolvency Practitioners **
• Technical Alert 02 2024 CSRD Limited Assurance Engagement Letter (revised Feb 2025) *
• Technical Alert 01 2024 Cross Border Insolvency and Brexit **

2023

• Technical Alert 05 2023 Q & As on the CSRD and ESRS *
• Technical Alert 04 2023 Helpsheet on the appointment of a Decision-Making Representative **
• Technical Alert 03 2023 Changes to examinership regulations **
• Technical Alert 02 2023 QAs on the provision of PPSNs for directors on CRO filings **
• Technical Alert 01 2023 Helpsheet for Insolvency Practitioners on the impact of Sanctions **

2022

• Technical Alert 01 2022 Illustrative auditor’s report for the audit of financial statements *
• Technical Alert 02 2022 Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process **
• Technical Alert 03 2022 Guidance on the new Quality Management Standards *
• Technical Alert 04 2022 The Compilation of Financial Information *
• Technical Alert 05 2022 ISQM Transition *

2021

• Technical Alert 01 2021 - Guidance for Insolvency Practitioners – Meeting of creditors during Covid-19 pandemic restriction on movement and public gatherings **
• Technical Alert 02 2021 Guidance on the Ethical Standard for Auditors *
• Technical Alert 03 2021 Guidance on new ISAs (Ireland) *
• Technical Alert 04 2021 Register of Beneficial Owners - Implications on IPs (Publication version) **

2020

• Technical Alert 02 2020 ISA 540 *
• Technical Alert 03 2020 ISA 570 Going Concern *

2018

• Technical Alert 02 2018 Illustrative auditor reports SFCR periods beginning on or after 17.06.16 Final April 2018 *
• Technical Alert 03 2018 - Guidance on ISQC (Ireland) 1 *

2017

• Technical Alert 01 2017 auditor reports on SFCR 12 May 2017 *
• Technical Alert 03 2017 Filing requirement changes in Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 *

2016 

• Technical Alert 01 2016 Reporting on regulatory returns of insurers extract from Practice Note 20(I) *
• Technical Alert 02 2016 Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 (Reviewed 2024) **
• Technical Alert 03 2016 Transposition of the EU Audit Regulation and Directive in Ireland *
• Technical Alert 04 2016 Transposition of the EU Audit Regulation and Directive in the UK *
• Technical Alert 05 2016 Update on prescribed enactments for the purposes of section 27B of the Central Bank Act 1997 *

 2015

• Technical Alert 01/2015 Independent Accountants Report ICAV 2015 *