Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

The annual requirement is 30 CPD hours, all related to the activity of financial planning. The 30 hours are made up as follows:

1. A minimum of 5 formal hours from the FPSB Ireland approved CPD listing. These hours have been approved and accredited by FPSB and include seminars, events, e-learning and additional qualifications. The approved list for 2026 is available here.
2. A minimum of 15 informal hours which may include financial planning podcasts, newspaper articles, publications, networking, committee involvement etc). These hours represent general learning not related to a specific outcome and are typically more difficult to verify. These hours are not directly accredited by FPSB Ireland.
3. 15 QFA hours, completed through LIA/IOB. Where the 5 formal hours completed for the CFP designation are also approved for QFA, they may be offset against 5 of the 15 QFA hours required.

Any events attended via FPSB Ireland, for which CPD credit is awarded, will be logged automatically to your record. Logging of external events, pre-approved by FPSB Ireland as per our 2026 Accreditation Listing, is currently being developed and will be available in Q2/Q3.

FPSB Ireland will monitor your CPD return. We do this through an annual review of CPD records and a more detailed audit of supporting evidence each calendar year.

If you have been out on sick leave, maternity leave, carer’s leave or parental leave for an extended period, we can reduce your CPD hours accordingly. In this instance, we require a completed CPD pro-rata adjustment form, available here.

If you have attended an event/webinar not listed that you think is eligible for CPD, please submit a CPD Accreditation Request Form, and we’ll review the event for you. Please read our Guidelines for approval of events for Financial Planning CPD hours. You will be advised by email that the event has / has not been approved for CPD hours.