{"slug":"ireland","name":"Ireland","short_name":"Ireland","iso_code":"IE","jurisdiction_type":"country","region":"Europe","subregion":"Northern Europe","overview":"Ireland applies the EU AI Act and hosts the European headquarters of many large AI and platform companies, which gives the Irish Data Protection Commission a central role in GDPR enforcement affecting AI training. The national AI strategy \"AI – Here for Good\" (2021, refreshed 2024) frames a people-centred approach; the government designated an initial set of competent authorities for the AI Act in 2024–2025 and is establishing a national AI office within the Department of Enterprise.","regulatory_status_summary":"EU AI Act applies; competent authorities designated in phases; national AI strategy refreshed 2024.","binding_vs_guidance":"Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: AI – Here for Good (National AI Strategy).","current_priorities":"Setting up the national AI office and distributed supervision model, public-sector AI guidelines, GDPR enforcement on AI training data.","regulators":[{"name":"Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment","url":"https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/national-ai-strategy.html","role":"Lead department for AI policy and AI Act implementation"},{"name":"Data Protection Commission","url":"https://www.dataprotection.ie/","role":"Data-protection authority; lead supervisor for many AI companies under the GDPR"}],"official_sources":[{"title":"National AI Strategy: AI – Here for Good (2021, refresh 2024)","publisher":"Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment","url":"https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/national-ai-strategy.html","document_date":"2024-11-05","document_type":"strategy","tier":1}],"related_jurisdictions":["eu","uk"],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/ireland","source":{"official_source_url":"https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/national-ai-strategy.html","source_title":"National AI Strategy: AI – Here for Good (2021, refresh 2024)","source_publisher":"Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment","source_document_date":"2024-11-05","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion; overview composed from the listed instruments and official sources. Reviewer to confirm regulators and status.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"ireland-ai-here-for-good-national-ai-strategy","id":"AIPT-POL-0106","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0106","title":"AI – Here for Good: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Ireland (2021, refreshed 2024)","short_title":"AI – Here for Good (National AI Strategy)","jurisdiction":"ireland","instrument_type":"strategy","status":"adopted","is_binding":false,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Government of Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)","summary_plain":"Ireland's national AI strategy, first published in July 2021 and refreshed in November 2024 to reflect the EU AI Act and generative AI, is organised around building public trust, leveraging AI for economic and societal benefit, and enablers such as data, infrastructure, skills and governance. The refresh sets out Ireland's AI Act implementation model, public-sector AI guidelines and an AI advisory council.","adopted_on":"2021-07-08","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/national-ai-strategy.html","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:24+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ireland-ai-here-for-good-national-ai-strategy"}]}