Communications Minister Denis Naughten, TD, has signed into Irish law a statutory instrument that transposes an EU directive obliging utility providers and road authorities to co-operate with the roll ...

On 15 December 2025, the Statutory Instrument on Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulation 2025 (“SI”) was laid before Parliament. This publication has been eagerly anticipated ...

On 9 January 2025, the widely anticipated Statutory Instrument exempting cryptoasset staking from the meaning of “collective investment schemes” as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act ...

What are statutory instruments, and do they show “contempt for democracy”? A parliamentary device that can stop MPs voting on controversial bills. By Anoosh Chakelian It is a special ceremonial horn ...

What is a statutory instrument, and why has it put the government on course for defeat in the Lords? The measure has put the Conservatives on course for a defeat in the Lords this afternoon. By ...

How many MPs have sat through a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) and thought it a complete waste of time? How often have MPs been pressganged by their whips into debating an issue in which they ...

What does female ejaculation have in common with new rules on voter registration? And why does the answer to that question make the electorate’s choice of government less relevant than it was last ...

Parliament has given the State a one-year window to republish and table in the house 1,764 regulations enacted by Cabinet secretaries, constitutional Commissions and independent offices a decade ago.

THERE is never really a dull moment in our country and the past two weeks have given us numerous legal issues to consider. This edition focuses on the legality and improper use of statutory ...