Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has responsibility for the Institute of Chartered Accountants; if she can intervene when a person has a complaint about same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3371/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has responsibility for co-ordination of the implementation of EU directives on mutual recognition of professional qualifications under the general system insofar as regulated professions are concerned. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland is one of a number of bodies prescribed as a designated authority under the directives for the purpose of the profession and professional activities of auditing company accounts. It is also a designated authority for the regulation of the title of chartered accountant. Under the directives, a designated authority is a body empowered to receive applications and make decisions, within the framework provided by the directives, on the regulation of title or the recognition of qualifications for a regulated profession.

My Department has no role in complaints concerning the institute, except insofar as the implementation of the EU directives on mutual recognition of professional qualifications is concerned.