Law note · Ireland
Data Protection Act 2018, section 31 (digital age of consent)
cite Data Protection Act 2018, No. 7 of 2018, s. 31
stage IN FORCE in force since 2018-05-25
reviewed 2026-07-16
Sets 16 as Ireland's digital age of consent under Article 8 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the minimum age at which a child can consent to the processing of personal data in the context of an information society service offered directly to the child, including registering for a social media account. For children under 16, consent must be given or authorised by a parent or guardian. This is a data protection consent rule rather than a mandated identity verification requirement.
Primary source: official Act text, Irish Statute Book