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AI Act in Ireland.

Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has published the General Scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026, which proposes a distributed model of competent authorities and an AI Office of Ireland as central authority.

Official sources

General Scheme: distributed model

Law

General Scheme page: Ireland will adopt a distributed model of competent authorities, using established sectoral regulators, with a designated central authority.

“Ireland will adopt a distributed model of competent authorities for the AI Act, leveraging established sectoral regulatory authorities, with a designated central authority”

General Scheme: AI Office of Ireland

Authority

Same page: the proposed AI Office of Ireland would act as single point of contact and central coordinating authority.

“to act as the Single Point of Contact and central coordinating authority for the implementation and enforcement of the EU AI Act in the State.”

Status and limits

  • A General Scheme is a pre-legislative document, not a Bill and not law. We did not verify later steps.
  • The page text we read did not show a publication date.

The EU rule itself

Article 50 of the AI Act is an EU rule that applies in every member state; national laws add authorities and procedures. See what Article 50 requires and the 2 December 2026 deadline.

Questions

Which authority supervises the AI Act in Ireland?
According to the sources we read — General Scheme: AI Office of Ireland: Same page: the proposed AI Office of Ireland would act as single point of contact and central coordinating authority.
Is there a national AI Act law or draft in Ireland?
General Scheme: distributed model: General Scheme page: Ireland will adopt a distributed model of competent authorities, using established sectoral regulators, with a designated central authority.
Is there official guidance on Article 50 in Ireland?
We did not find country-specific official guidance on Article 50 for Ireland in the sources we read.

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Sources

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