{"slug":"ireland-ai-here-for-good-national-ai-strategy","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,"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":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-09-12T17:35:41+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ireland-ai-here-for-good-national-ai-strategy","status_note":null,"scope_summary":"Government programme; no obligations on private organisations.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2021-07-08: strategy published; 2024-11-05: refresh published.","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.","taxonomy":{"actor":["public_authority"],"sector":["cross_sector","public_services"],"use_case":["public_services","generative_ai"]},"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"National AI Strategy","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,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":[],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/national-ai-strategy.html","source_title":"National AI Strategy","source_publisher":"Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment","source_document_date":"2024-11-05","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.","reviewed_by":null}}