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On 12 January 2015, the Government published the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015.

The Bill was amended at Dáil Committee Stage in March 2025 to address an issue that arose in early 2024 in respect of the Ombudsman's remit.

Ireland's Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019 has reached full implementation with the commencement of section 18(4) on 13 May 2026, introducing new protections for innocent co-insureds affected by criminal or intentional acts of other policyholders. This final provision requires insurers to conduct individual factual assessments of each co-insured's knowledge and consent before applying criminal act exclusions, fundamentally changing how claims involving fraudulent co-insureds are handled.

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published the Consumer Protection Code 2025 (the 2025 Code) on 24 March 2025, after several years of review, discussion, and consultation.

The Corporate Enforcement Authority ("CEA") has been established with effect from 7 July 2022, following the commencement of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (the "2021 Act") ...

The Central Bank of Ireland has completed of its Review of Differential Pricing in the Private Car and Home Insurance Markets. In this briefing we consider its Final Report ...

The Central Bank has sent a Dear CEO letter to all regulated financial service providers (RFSPs), setting out how it expects them to protect consumers in the face of the challenging economic outlook.

From 30 December 2024, the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will require operators and traders to comply with new due diligence obligations, to ensure that certain products traded...

To date there also has been a provision whereby parties could voluntarily notify a merger or acquisition.

On 19 November 2025 the European Commission published guidelines for the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)...

The Department of Finance has published the general scheme of the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (the "General Scheme").

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") published its first Annual Report for the period 31 October to 31 December 2015 (the "Report").

The Green Transition Directive (the “Directive”) is intended to promote transparent sustainability communication by tackling misleading environmental claims and labelling for consumer goods and establishing increased protection for consumers against unfair practices.

Published on 7 March 2024, the Central Bank's Consultation Paper CP158 on its planned reforms to the Consumer Protection Code (CPC) is open for feedback until 7 June 2024.

On 18 December 2014, the Central Bank published the results of a thematic review in a letter to industry participants that it completed on investment firms subject to the requirements of the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007.

On 19 January a Private Members Bill entitled the Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017, which is largely based on the Law Reform Commission's Report on Consumer Insurance Contracts...

The dispute between the parties centred on whether the cost of property damage and alternative accommodation, which arose in respect of alleged defective works...