Acts to date are published electronically on the Irish Statute Book website.
Acts
Act 10/2026.
An Act to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 20251 on the European Health Data Space and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 and for those and other purposes to provide for a duty for health services providers to share, in certain circumstances, a patient’s personal health data with other health services providers also providing care and treatment to the patient; to provide for the creation and assignment by the Health Service Executive of an Electronic Health Record in respect of every patient; to provide for the information that shall be contained in an Electronic Health Record; to provide that a health services provider shall record the personal public service number of each of his or her patients; to provide that the Health Service Executive may, where appropriate, use a personal public service number to identify a patient; to provide for access to all, or part of, an Electronic Health Record by certain categories of person; to provide for the restriction of such access in certain circumstances; to provide a patient with information in relation to access to his or her Electronic Health Record; to provide for the Minister to make regulations for the purposes of this Act; to provide for the purposes in relation to which an Electronic Health Record may be used; to provide that the Health Service Executive may enter into reciprocal arrangements with other jurisdictions in relation to the exchange of information contained in an Electronic Health Record; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request health services providers to provide the Health Service Executive with certain classes of personal health data; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request certain persons to provide the Health Service Executive with certain categories of health information; to provide that the Health Service Executive may make an application to the Circuit Court where a person fails to comply with a request; to provide for the purposes for which the Health Service Executive may use health information provided to it in accordance with this Act; to provide that the Health Service Executive shall prepare and publish guidelines for the purposes of this Act; to amend the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023; and to provide for related matters.
Signed: 30 April 2026
Commencement: This Act, other than section 25, shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.
Bills
The current status of all Bills can be viewed under Bills and Acts on the Oireachtas website
Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN UNION (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES IN RESPECT OF MYANMAR/BURMA) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 191/2026.
Commencement: 29 April 2026
MARITIME AREA PLANNING (EMERGENCY WORKS) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 192/2026.
Commencement: 29 April 2026
SI 193/2026.
Commencement: 5 September 2026
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2024 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2026
SI 194/2026.
Commencement: 8 May 2026
EUROPEAN UNION (ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 195/2026.
Commencement: 24 May 2026
GARDA SÍOCHÁNA (ADMISSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 196/2026.
Commencement: 18 May 2026
EUROPEAN UNION (DIRECT SUPPORT SCHEMES) (OFFENCES AND CONTROL) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 197/2026.
Commencement: 7 May 2026
LOCAL PROPERTY TAX (LOCAL ADJUSTMENT FACTOR) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 198/2026.
Commencement: 7 May 2026
SI 199/2026.
Commencement: 22 June 2025
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (COSTS OF PART 9 JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCEEDINGS) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 200/2026.
Commencement: 18 May 2026
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ADVISER (MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE, TOURISM AND EMPLOYMENT) ORDER 2026
SI 201/2026.
Commencement: 27 April 2026
ENVIRONMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2026 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2026
SI 202/2026.
Commencement: 8 May 2026
CONSUMER INSURANCE CONTRACTS ACT 2019 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2026
SI 203/2026.
Commencement: 13 May 2026
ROAD TRAFFIC (TRAFFIC AND PARKING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 204/2026.
Commencement: 13 May 2026
ROAD TRAFFIC (TRAFFIC SIGNS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 205/2026.
Commencement: 13 May 2026
ROADS (M4 (BUS PRIORITY FACILITY)) REGULATIONS 2026
SI 206/2026.
Commencement: 13 May 2026
ROADS ACT 1993 (DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MANAGED ROADS) ORDER 2026
SI 207/2026.
Commencement: 13 May 2026
CHILD CARE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2026
SI 208/2026.
Commencement: 23 June 2026
