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MPF Annual Report Year Ending 31.12.2009
Report of the Auditors
We report to you our opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in Ireland. We also report to you whether
in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Fund and whether the information
given in the Trustees’ Report is consistent with the financial statements. In addition, we state
whether we have obtained all the information and explanations necessary for the purposes of our
audit and whether the Fund’s balance sheet and its income and expenditure account are in agreement
with the books of account.
Basis of Audit Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland)
issued by the Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination on a test basis, of evidence
relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment
of the significant estimates and judgements made by the Trustees in the preparation of the financial
statements, and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Fund’s circumstances,
consistently applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we
considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance
that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation
of information in the financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Fund’s affairs as
at 31 December 2009 and of its results for the year then ended and have been properly prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in Ireland and the applicable rules of the
fund.
We have obtained all the information and explanations we consider necessary for the purposes of
our audit. In our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Fund. The financial statements
are in agreement with the books of account.
In our opinion the information given in the Trustees’ Report is consistent with the financial statements.
Whelan Dowling & Associates
Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors, 33 Westland Square, Dublin 2
29th April 2010
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