The government recently announced a new Economic Recovery Plan (the Plan). The Plan outlines a pathway for the resumption of economic activity and a sustainable jobs-led recovery.
COVID-19
The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021 is being expedited through the legislative process. It will provide for extensions to a number of time limits, including for the passing of development plans. Importantly however it will also allow for extensions, or additional extensions, to existing planning permissions to allow projects be completed.
COVID-192020 was another great year for the tech sector in Northern Ireland and 2021 has started positively however there still remains a deficit of skilled workers.
Employment & Incentives BelfastThe European Commission has published its final Implementing Decision on new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
The Government has published its legislation programme for Summer 2021. We have set out below the status of key Bills of relevance to the data protection, commercial and technology sector.
TechnologyThe High Court, in a 197-page judgment, has dismissed a legal challenge against a decision by the Data Protection Commission (DPC).
TechnologyThe Data Protection Commission (DPC) has completed its ‘own volition’ inquiry into whether the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection interfered with the role of its Data Protection Officer (DPO).
TechnologyNew regulatory technical standards (RTS) on remuneration are now in place under the Capital Requirements Directive from 14 June 2021, while certain investment firms will remain subject to the previous remuneration rules until 26 June 2021. In this article, our remuneration specialists take a look at the key provisions.
Corporate & M&AUnder the fitness and probity (F&P) regime the Central Bank of Ireland acts as a 'gatekeeper' for certain key roles in financial services.
Financial RegulationReform of the Irish criminal justice system, through the actions outlined in the Government's Action Plan to tackle White Collar Crime and the Justice Plan 2021, has gathered pace in recent weeks with the announcement two significant changes to the investigation and prosecution of criminal offences.
White Collar Crime
The economic forecast for the debt capital markets in Ireland during the next 12 months is considerably more positive than it has been since the COVID-19 outbreak escalated to become a global pandemic in the early months of 2020.
Capital Markets - DebtThe European Banking Authority has issued a second consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards on the calculation of the €30bn consolidated assets threshold for investment firms under the Investment Firms Directive and Investment Firms Regulation.
Financial Regulation
