European Union (Artificial Intelligence) (Designation) Regulations 2025
European Union (Artificial Intelligence) (Designation) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 366 of 2025)
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In force since 25 July 2025.
An AI governance rule binding government bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- This Regulation designates Ireland's national competent authority, market surveillance authorities and notifying authorities under the EU AI Act; it creates no separate duty on an AI developer or deployer beyond identifying which State body enforces the Regulation against them.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (national competent authority and single point of contact); the Central Bank of Ireland and the Data Protection Commission as market surveillance authorities under Article 74; and, per the Schedule, sectoral market surveillance and notifying authorities including the Health and Safety Authority, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, the Commission for Communications Regulation, the Commission for Railway Regulation, the Marine Survey Office and the Health Products Regulatory Authority.
What this law does
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Made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 to give further effect to the EU AI Act, these Regulations designate the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment as a national competent authority for the purposes of Article 70(1) and as the single point of contact for the purposes of Article 70(2).
They designate the Central Bank of Ireland as market surveillance authority for the purposes of Article 74(6) and the Data Protection Commission as market surveillance authority for the purposes of Article 74(8).
A schedule designates further sectoral market surveillance authorities, including the Health and Safety Authority, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, the Commission for Communications Regulation, the Commission for Railway Regulation, the Marine Survey Office and the Health Products Regulatory Authority, against the relevant points of Section A of Annex I to the AI Act, and designates notifying authorities for the purposes of Article 28.
The Regulations create no separate duty on an AI developer or deployer; they identify which State body enforces the AI Act against one.