ACCA members satisfied, says chief

The head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in Ireland has said a group organising a meeting in Dublin tomorrow is a small minority of the association's Irish membership.

Mr Roger Acton says the association constantly meets its members and researches its views. "The views [of the meeting organisers] are not the views held by the majority of ordinary members," he said.

He said the association would not be growing as it was, if its membership were dissatisfied with it. "We have had a 22 per cent increase in the number of students registering with us."

Mr Acton said the association would not be changing its rules on the monitoring of compliance with auditing standards as this would not be in the public interest. A group of ACCA members is canvassing the membership to attend tomorrow's meeting in the Red Cow Hotel, Dublin.

The group says it is holding the meeting to enable members to discuss issues of concern relating to the ACCA, the make-up of its compliance and disciplinary committees, and its responsiveness to the changing Irish business scene.

Mr Acton said the ACCA's "rigorous monitoring regime" was one reason why no member had featured in recent accounting scandals.