In accordance with statutory requirements in Ireland, fees for professional services provided by the Group’s independent auditor in respect of each of the following categories were:
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EY Ireland (statutory auditor) |
EY (network firms) |
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 €m |
2016 €m |
2015 €m |
2017 €m |
2016 €m |
2015 €m |
2017 €m |
2016 €m |
2015 €m |
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Audit fees (i) |
4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other audit-related assurance fees (ii) |
- | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tax advisory services |
- | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total |
4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (i) | Audit of the Group accounts includes audit of internal controls over financial reporting and parent and subsidiary statutory audit fees, but excludes €2 million (2016: €2 million; 2015: €2 million) paid to auditors other than EY. |
| (ii) | Other assurance services includes attestation and due diligence services that are closely related to the performance of the audit. |
| (iii) | There were no other fees for services provided by the Group’s independent auditor (2016: €nil million; 2015: €nil million). |