Expand+One academic year (September/October to April).

Delivery Method:
Distance learning supported by attendance at seminars
at the IPA in Dublin.

Delivery
This programme is delivered through a blend of distance learning and attendance at schedule...

Hide-One academic year (September/October to April).

Delivery Method:
Distance learning supported by attendance at seminars
at the IPA in Dublin.

Delivery
This programme is delivered through a blend of distance learning and attendance at scheduled seminars and workshops. Students will receive comprehensive course material, including textbooks, to study over the duration of the course. Seminars and workshops will be delivered by experienced practitioners and will take place at the IPA campus in Dublin.

Expand+€1,990 per annum (includes all matriculation and examination fees), payable in one or two instalments.

Fees are generally to be paid in one or two instalments.

The first instalment is due on or before September 08, 2017. The second instalment...

Hide-€1,990 per annum (includes all matriculation and examination fees), payable in one or two instalments.

Fees are generally to be paid in one or two instalments.

The first instalment is due on or before September 08, 2017. The second instalment is due on or before January 26, 2018.
Some programmes are invoiced on completion of the first module.

Fees can be paid by:
- Debit/Credit Card
- Cheque (payable to Institute of Public Administration)
- Bank Draft

Studying at an Institute of Technology?
Those students taking their programme through evening lectures at a regional Institute of Technology pay the first instalment of their fee to the relevant Institute of Technology and the second to the IPA.

Employers and Fees
Where employers are paying fees directly to the IPA, students, when enrolling, must submit a letter from their training or HR officer confirming that fees will be paid directly.

Note: A letter stating that fees will be refunded to students at the end of the year will not suffice.

Expand+Applicants require:
1. A Leaving Certificate with a minimum of grade C in two higher level papers and grade D in four other subjects. The papers passed must include Irish, English and a third language. Students applying for the BBS (Hons) must have...

Hide-Applicants require:
1. A Leaving Certificate with a minimum of grade C in two higher level papers and grade D in four other subjects. The papers passed must include Irish, English and a third language. Students applying for the BBS (Hons) must have passed the Mathematics paper OR

2. Students of mature years (students over 21 on January 1 of the calendar year of entry) may be matriculated by the IPA for the purpose of entering a course of study.

Special Case Applications
Prospective students who do not meet the requirements under paragraphs 1 and 2 above may qualify for admission by meeting other equivalent requirements. A Special Case Application Form can be requested from:

Dr Denis O’Brien,
Registrar,
Institute of Public Administration,
57 - 61 Lansdowne Road,
Dublin D04 TC62, Ireland.
Tel: +353 (01) 240 3600
Email: undergrad@ipa.ie

Subject Accumulation
In some programmes, students may enrol for one or more subjects each year until they complete the programme stage.

Exemptions
Graduates and those with other relevant awards, in particular university, QQI and Institute of Technology awards, may apply for an exemption from a subject(s) or entire stage of certain IPA programmes. Only those who have studied relevant disciplines with be considered for exemptions. Exemptions cannot be awarded in a one-year programme or at the award stage of longer programmes.

Application forms for exemptions are available from the IPA. They must be completed and returned no later than early October 2017. Applications must be accompanied by transcripts of results for each year of previous third-level studies.

Expand+The Programme
This professional diploma responds to significant demand for explanation and analysis of the principles and practices of public sector accounting. The financial crisis that Ireland and the wider world experienced from 2008 demonstrated...

Hide-The Programme
This professional diploma responds to significant demand for explanation and analysis of the principles and practices of public sector accounting. The financial crisis that Ireland and the wider world experienced from 2008 demonstrated, in as stark a fashion imaginable, that governments have to rigorously record fiscal information. Inconsistencies between public sector accounts and how EU budgetary oversight is performed complicate efforts to present data in a consistent and transparent manner. This programme will pay particular attention to efforts by the European Commission to implement harmonised public sector accounting standards in Member States. It will also attend to the accounting practices followed in different parts of the Irish public service.

Is This Programme For You?
This programme will have appeal across the wider public service. Students will learn about the core requirements and problems that define public sector accounting and will develop the skills to apply what they have learned to their own work. On completing this programme, they will have a solid understanding of public sector accounting standards and frameworks and of the international developments that are of most importance. Prospective students should note that some prior knowledge of public sector accounting is necessary.

Expand+Subjects
Public Sector Accounting Principles
In this module, students will be introduced to the fundamental
principles underpinning accounting for the public services
and public benefit entities. Particular attention will be given
to accounting ...

Hide-Subjects
Public Sector Accounting Principles
In this module, students will be introduced to the fundamental
principles underpinning accounting for the public services
and public benefit entities. Particular attention will be given
to accounting for services, as opposed to profit, including the
regulatory framework and performance reporting.

Public Sector Accounting Standards
This module will focus on the more technical aspect of accounting as outlined in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Among other things, students will learn about the evolution of accounting standards, culminating in the European Public Sector Accounting Standards harmonisation project.

Sectoral Practices
One of the more interesting aspects to public sector accounting in the Irish public service is the diversity of practices that exists across the sectors. This is in direct contrast to the commercial sector, which has largely similar accounting rules across the various sectors that fall within the Companies Acts. This module will provide an overview of current accounting practices on a sectoral basis.

Public Sector Accounting in Management Practice
Good financial information is consistent, relevant, comparable, and understandable. The strategic management of an organisation depends on this information to support planning and decision making. This module builds on the material covered in the earlier ones to explore how management engages with financial and accounting information at an operational level.