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ARTICLE · 02 JULY 2026

FDI Screening In Ireland: One Year On

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Ireland's foreign direct investment screening regime has completed its first full year of operation, generating significant activity across critical sectors. The 2026 Guidance introduces important procedural changes, including a shift to control-based notification triggers, while the EU's newly adopted Revised FDI Screening Regulation and proposed Industrial Accelerator Act will introduce additional layers of regulatory scrutiny for cross-border transactions.

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Introduction

In January 2025, we published our insight on Ireland’s newly commenced Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (the “Act”), which introduced mandatory foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening for third-country investments in critical sectors under the Inward Investment Screening (“IIS”) regime. Read that insight [here]. This article provides a brief update on the first full year of the regime’s operation, the key changes introduced by the updated May 2026 Guidance for Stakeholders and Investors (the “2026 Guidance”), the formal adoption of a revised EU FDI Screening Regulation (the “Revised Regulation”) by the Council of the EU on 8 June 2026, and the European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act.

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