1. Is the content Irish-first, or Irish-flavoured?
Ask which Irish instrument each module is built on. A course that opens on the Criminal Justice Acts 2010 to 2021 is different from one that opens on international principles and mentions Ireland in an appendix.
2. Is there a randomised end-of-module exam?
Without an assessment there is no evidence of understanding, only of attendance. Without randomisation, the first person through sends the answers to everyone else.
3. Are the certificates CPD accredited?
Ask which body accredited them and for the code. “CPD accredited” with nothing behind it is a claim, not a credential.
4. Is it genuinely short?
A course nobody finishes evidences nothing. Thirty minutes gets completed in a single sitting; two hours gets abandoned at the halfway mark and shows up in your completion figures as a gap.
5. Does it produce audit-ready reporting?
Ask to see the export, not a screenshot of a dashboard. Who took what, when, what they scored, which version. If it takes the vendor more than a minute to produce, it will take you longer.
6. Is there version control on the content?
When legislation changes mid-year, you need to know which version each person took. Firms get caught out by content silently updated underneath them, leaving no record of what was actually taught.
7. Can the MLRO sign off in one click?
Chasing completions by email is the hidden cost of cheap training. Automatic reminders and escalation are worth more than a discount.
8. Is it sector-specific?
An estate agency and a wealth manager face different typologies. Generic scenarios train staff to recognise risks they will never meet, and to miss the ones they will.
9. How is it kept current?
Ask when the AML module was last revised and what changed. A specific answer with a date is a good sign. A vague assurance of continuous updating is not.
10. Will the vendor survive an inspection with you?
If a supervisor questions the training, can the vendor produce the content, the version history and the completion evidence? Ask before you buy, not during.
The single best question
“Which section of the Criminal Justice Act does this module address?” A vendor who can answer built the course for Ireland. A vendor who cannot, did not.
Put us through the ten.
Twenty-two courses, each about 30 minutes, built on Irish legislation, with randomised exams and an audit pack that exports in one click.