The Director of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, has said the investigative phase of the Anglo Irish Bank probe is almost complete.
He said that while there are some residual matters on which work is ongoing, he expects work to complete on these in the near future.
Mr Appleby's office sent five extensive files on Anglo to the DPP in 2012, three in 2012; nine in total since 2010.
The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement released its annual report today.
Mr Appleby also commented today on the political storm after his application to take early retirement in February.
He had given the Government one month's notice of his departure, but the Cabinet extended his contract until August.
Mr Appleby said it should be stipulated in his successor's contract that they would have to give six months notice in advance of leaving.
ODCE measures in 2011
The annual report also records that one person was sentenced to three years in prison for a company law conviction.
There were convictions on 19 charges on another four ODCE criminal proceedings, 18 disqualifications and two restrictions in ten ODCE High Court and Supreme Court actions.
The Office made decisions on 1,950 reports and complaints to the office. The office's budget was €3.4m, a 7.5% decrease on the previous year.
Mr Appleby said that matters pertaining to the former Anglo Irish Bank had dominated the work of the office but that work was almost complete.
