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The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 (“The Act”) was enacted on 2 May 2023 and was commenced on 26 September 2024.

The Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published its 2023 Annual Report on 29 May 2024 (the “Report”). The Report can be accessed here and provides a helpful summary of the DPC’s actions over the course of 2023.

The Health Act 2007 (“the Act”) is the key piece of primary legislation governing regulatory oversight of nursing homes in Ireland. We summarise some notable changes below.

In this, the second article in the series of “Embracing Change” published following the Conference ‘Embracing Change: Working Better Together’ which we hosted in June 2024 we welcome the publication of the report of the Interdepartmental Working Group chaired by Professor Rhona Mahony.

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 (the “2024 Act”) was commenced by the Oireachtas in July 2024. 

The prospect of some long-awaited reform of defamation law moves closer, with the publication of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 (“the Bill”) on 2 August last.