The Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohue TD, published the long-awaited General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021 in July of last year.

On 22 September 2021, the Central Bank of Ireland published a notice of intention in relation to amendments to the list of pre-approval controlled functions.

The legislation programme for the forthcoming Summer Oireachtas session has been published by the government.

The Government Legislation Programme for the Spring 2022 session has been published.

On 5 August 2021 the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published a consultation paper seeking views on proposed Guidance on the Use of Service Companies for Staffing Purposes in the Insurance...

The Cost of Insurance Working Group published its seventh quarterly progress update on 12 November.

EIOPA has published a report from its consultative expert group on digital ethics setting out artificial intelligence governance principles for an ethical and trustworthy AI in the European insurance sector.

The Central Bank recently published the findings of its Thematic Inspection of Retail Intermediaries acting as Managing General Agents (MGAs), selling private motor insurance.

Following industry consultation earlier this year (CP138), the Central Bank has now published final guidance for the governance, risk management and business continuity management of outsourcing...

On 25 July 2011 the Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau (the "FSO") published its Annual Report for 2010 (the "Report"). Of the 7,230 complaints received in 2010 by the FSO, 3,587 were made in relation to the insurance sector, which is an increase from the 2,999 made in 2009.

In a new series of short and informative webcasts, our global partners bring you up-to-date on legal and regulatory developments affecting your business in 2021.

The Advocate General recently delivered two opinions in relation to the Fiat Finance and Trade State aid case. In his opinion the Advocate General proposes that the appeal brought by the taxpayer itself should be dismissed.

Finance Act 2011 and related social insurance changes in Ireland made significant changes to the taxation of share incentives.

The Irish Finance Bill 2022 was published on 20 October 2022. It contains a number of changes which are relevant to the fund and investment management industry in Ireland...

Section 110 companies that have no exposure to Irish real estate assets are unaffected by the proposed amendments.

Following the publication of its Work Programme and Strategic Priorities for 2023/24 in December 2022, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision met earlier this month and confirmed...