1. Irish Retail Market Assurance
Assurance Update

2. Assurance Strategy Draft issued for review & comment
Meetings with most MPs will be completed by the end of the week
A number of useful points have come out of these
Draft will be updated accordingly with a view to issuing by next IGG

3. Other Assurance Documents
Each workstream will be supported by a process (may be in combined docs.)
Priorities are MD changes & Entry to new segment
Drafts will be issued for comment
Gradual roll-out over next 3 months

4. Points raised Idea of Assurance Approvals Group Small group
Operate largely ex-committee
Rotating representation
Approve assurance processes
Approve assurance outcomes

5. Points raised Market Segmentation for Approval: HH NHH UMS Domestic?
Pre-payment?

6. Points raised Other More flexibility on testing slots
IPT rather than MSA
Scenarios to be reviewed & more clearly targeted
Evidence-based rather than presence-based
Need for service levels in processes
Small organisation = small assurance OR even combined training/assurance
Monitoring of above needed
Who decides whether a change needs assurance
Concern on confidentiality

7. Assurance Delivery Current: Pending
1 Re-qualification (commenced pre-contract)
MCR50
June MD change
Pending
1 participant entering new segment/re-qual