Ireland RAI Bill 2026

Ireland RAI Bill 2026 has been filed.

Published in February 2026, this General Scheme gives full domestic effect to EU Regulation 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act) by establishing the legislative and institutional architecture for national supervision and enforcement. It proposes creating a new statutory independent body — the AI Office of Ireland (Oifig Intleachta Shaorga na hÉireann) — under the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, to serve as the central coordinating authority, operate a regulatory sandbox, and act as Ireland's Single Point of Contact with the European Commission, with the Office required to be operational by 2 August 2026.