Course Details

During this course David Hegarty talks about the role of the CEA, provide an overall picture of enforcement options and tools available to the CEA. 


The course takes a look at:

  • Have an increased awareness of how the Companies Act 2014 can be enforced
  • Understand the role of the CEA and its investigative powers, both civil and criminal
  • Have an improved awareness of recent judicial decisions regarding restriction and disqualifications 
  • Have an up-to-date awareness of developments with CSRD and non-financial reporting

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CPD Course Speaker

CEA

David Hegarty

David Hegarty is Director of Legal & Policy. A barrister, he was formerly an Enforcement Portfolio Manager with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE).

He qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and transferred to the Bar in 2006, practising primarily in the area of criminal defence and advocacy.

Prior to joining the ODCE, he was Advisory Counsel in the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser advising the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission and Service and Parliamentary Committees on constitutional, parliamentary and administrative law matters.

He has also worked as a legal officer in the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) and at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, working in Judges’ Chambers with international judges trying economic crime, corruption, abuse of public office, war crimes and conspiracy to commit terrorism cases.