Oversight of company law and corporate regulation

What this means

• The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is responsible for company law in Ireland, setting the rules that govern how companies are formed and run.[source]
• This mandate is grounded in the Companies Act 2014, the main law covering how Irish companies must operate, report, and be held to account.[source]
• The Department oversees the Companies Registration Office, where businesses must register and file public records, making company information available to citizens.[source]
• It also oversees the Corporate Enforcement Authority, the body that investigates and acts against breaches of company law, which matters for public trust in business.[source]
• Currently no implementing commitments are recorded under this mandate, meaning there are no tracked actions or reforms publicly linked to it at this time.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• duty held by body
  Department of Enterprise, Trade and EmploymentBody

Indirect impact (7)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-enterprise
  Promotion of enterprise, trade and employmentMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-enterprise
  Support 300,000 additional jobs by 2030Commitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-enterprise
  Reduce the cost of doing business for SMEsCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment2-hop via dept-enterprise
  Alan DillonOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment2-hop via dept-enterprise
  Niamh SmythOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment2-hop via dept-enterprise
  Peter BurkeOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Secretary General, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment2-hop via dept-enterprise
  Declan HughesOfficeholder