National Annex — Ireland
Status as of October 2026: Pending, bill not yet published. Community-maintained orientation. This is not legal advice; verify against the official gazette and authority guidance before relying on it. Corrections welcome, see contributing.
| Review | Status |
|---|---|
| Confidence | Pending legislative change |
| Checked line by line against the legal text | No |
| Reviewed by a lawyer | No |
| Last reviewed | October 2026 |
| Reviewed by | Frederik B. Krogsgaard, maintainer |
| Second reviewer | Wanted, see CONTRIBUTING |
| Next review due | April 2027 |
NIS2 implementation
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Implementing law | National Cyber Security Bill. The General Scheme was published in 2024, but the bill itself had not been published as of early October 2026; it is a priority on the government's autumn 2026 legislative programme. The European Commission referred the country to the Court of Justice of the EU on 9 July 2026 for failing to transpose NIS2. |
| Competent authority | Expected: NCSC Ireland as lead competent authority, plus sector regulators |
| National CSIRT / reporting | CSIRT-IE at NCSC |
| Official starting point | https://www.ncsc.gov.ie |
Country notes for your CDC
NCSC-IE has published Cyber Fundamentals-style guidance for the interim; entities should implement Art. 21 measures now.
Standard checklist for all countries
- GOVERN: applicability determined per legal entity and sector, and recorded in the regulatory applicability register
- Entity registration completed with the national authority where required
- RESPOND: incident-reporting procedure drilled against the national channel and the 24 h early-warning clock
- Contact established with the national CSIRT before the first incident
- Data protection authority contact and GDPR Art. 33 flow prepared. This runs in parallel with NIS2 reporting
- National guidance and frameworks mapped to your control evidence, per the note above
Selector tag
Tick "Ireland" in tools/regulatory-profile.html to include this country's references under the ie-nat tag.
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