Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 206: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if there was no registered audit maintained in the Companies Office until very recently; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in that context and given this lacuna it is impossible for a person to be registered as an alternative in this jurisdiction during the said period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/10]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Section 198 of the Companies Act 1990 provides that there shall be a register of auditors maintained by the registrar of companies. I understand that the register has been in place, in paper form initially, since the commencement of that provision and subsequently in electronic format. The European Communities (Statutory Audits) (Directive 2006/43/EC) Regulations 2010 has expanded the information required to be held on the register.