Glossary
AG
Attorney General
AI
Artificial Intelligence
AIFs
Alternative Investment Funds
AIFM
Alternative investment Fund manager
AIFMD
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive - Directive (EU) 2011/61
AIFMD 2.0
Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive – Directive (EU) 2024/927
AML
Anti-Money Laundering
AMLA
Anti-Money Laundering Authority
APs
Authorised Payments
ARTs
Asset Reference Tokens
B2B
Business-to-Business
B2G
Business-to-Government
BEFIT
Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation
BRIS
Business Registers Interconnection System
CASPs
Crypto-Asset Service Providers
CBAM
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
CCCTB
Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base
CCPC
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
CCPs
Central Counterparties
CCTB
Common Corporate Tax Base
CEA
Corporate Enforcement Authority
CEF
Co-ordinated Enforcement Network
Central Bank
Central Bank of Ireland
CF
Controlled Function
CFI
Certified Financial Intermediary
CFT
Countering the Financing of Terrorism
CIRI
Construction Industry Register Ireland
CJEU
Court of Justice of the European Union
CMDI
Crisis Management and Deposit Insurance
Coimisiún na Meán
Media Commission of Ireland
Commission
European Commission
Compass
EU Competitiveness Compass
Council
Council of the European Union
CPC
Consumer Protection Code
CP 158
Consultation Paper on the Consumer Protection Code
CRD VI
Credit Requirements Directive amending Directive 2013/36/EU – Directive (EU) 2024/1619
CRO
Companies Registration Authority
CRR III
Capital Requirements Regulation III – Regulation (EU) 2024/1623
CRU
Commission for Regulation of Utilities
CSA
Common Supervisory Action
CS3D
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – Directive (EU) 2024/1760
CSDs
Central Securities Depositories
CSRD
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive - Directive (EU) 2022/2464
CTB
Climate Transition Benchmark
CTTPs
Critical ICT Third-party Service Providers
DAC
Designated Activity Company
DAC8
Proposal to amend Directive 2011/16/EU on Administrative Co-operation
DAC9
Proposal to amend the EU Directive on Administrative Co-operation - Directive (EU) 2023 / 2226
Dáil Éireann
The lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature
DETE
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
DG FISMA
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
DMA
Digital Markets Act
DHDA
Digital Hub Development Agency
DMAPs
Designated Maritime Area Plans
DNSH
Do No Significant Harm
DORA
Digital Operational Resilience Act - Regulation (EU) 2022/2554
DPAs
Data Protection Authorities
DPC
Irish Data Protection Commission
DPF
Data Privacy Framework
DPO
Designated Public Officials
DRR
Digital Reporting Requirements
DSA
Digital Services Act
DSARs
Data Subject Access Requests
EAD
UCITS Eligible Assets Directive - Directive 2007/16 / EC
EBA
European Banking Authority
ECB
European Central Bank
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECOFIN
Economic and Financial Affairs Council
EDPB
European Data Protection Board
EEA
European Economic Area
EIOPA
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
EMFA
European Media Freedom Act
EMIR
European Market Infrastructure Regulation – Regulation (EU) 648/2012
EMIR 3.0
European Market Infrastructure Regulation 3.0 – Regulation (EU) 2024/2987
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPR
Extended Producer Responsibility
EPRS
European Parliament Research Service
ESAs
European Supervisory Authorities
ESAP
European Single Access Point Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2023/2859
ESG
Environmental, Social and Governance
ESMA
European Securities and Markets Authority
ESRS
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
ETFs
Exchange Traded Funds
EU
European Union
EU AI Act
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence
EU ETS
EU Emissions Trading System
EuGBS
European Green Bond Standard
F&P
Fitness and Probity
FCs
Financial Counterparties
FC+s
Financial Counterparties subject to the clearing obligation
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
FiDA
Proposal for an EU Financial Data Access Regulation
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GPG
Gender Pay Gap
GRAI
Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland
IBRC
Irish Bank Resolution Corporate Limited
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
IDA
Industrial Development Agency
IORPs
Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions
IOT
Internet of Things
IRRD
Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive
ITRE
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
ITS
Implementing Technical Standards
JAAB
Judicial Appointments Advisory Board
The Kelly Report
The Review of the Administration of Civil Justice Report (published in December 2020)
The Kelly Report Implementation Plan
The Kelly Report Implementation Plan (published in May 2022)
LEU
Large Energy Users
LMA
Loan Market Association
LMTs
Liquidity Management Tools
LRC
Law Reform Commission
LSA
Lead Supervisory Authority
Member State
A member state of the European Union
MAC
Maritime Area Consent
MARA
Maritime Area Regulatory Authority
MEC
Maximum Export Capacity
MiCA
Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation
MiFID II
Second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive – Directive (EU) 2014/65
MiFID III
Third Markets in Financial Instruments Directive – Directive (EU) 2024/790
MiFIR
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation – Regulation (EU) 600/2014
MiFIR II
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2024/791
MLC
Multilateral Convention
MLD4
Fourth Money Laundering Directive - Directive (EU) 2015/849
MLD6
Sixth Money Laundering Directive - Directive (EU) 2024/1640
ML/TF
Money-Laundering and Terrorist Financing
MMIF
Money Market and Investment Fund
MMs
Market Makers
MNEs
Multinational Enterprises
MPAs
Maritime Protected Areas
MSP
Maritime Spatial Plans
NAFRSA
National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority
NAMA
National Asset Management Agency
NBFI
Non-Bank Financial Intermediation
NCA
National Competent Authority
NCSC
National Cyber Security Centre of Ireland
NDAs
Non-Disclosure Agreements
NFCs
Non-financial counterparties
NFC+s
Non-financial counterparties subject to the clearing obligation
NIS2
Network and Information Security Directive – Directive (EU) 2022/2555
ODR Regulation
Online Disputes Resolution Regulation – Regulation (EU) 524/2013
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Oireachtas
The Irish legislature, combining the lower house, Dáil and the upper house, Seanad.
PAI
Principal Adverse Impacts
PCF
Pre-Approval Controlled Function applications
PCLOB
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
PIRB
Personal Injuries Resolution Board
PRIIPs
Proposal to amend the Regulation on Packaged Retail and Insurance Based Investment Products
PSD2
Second Payments Services Directive – Directive (EU) 2015/2366
PSD3
Proposal for a Third Payments Services Directive
PSPs
Payment Service Providers
PSR
Proposal for a Payment Services Regulation
PSR 2018
European Union (Payment Services) Regulation 2018
Revenue
The Irish Revenue Commissioners
RIS
Retail Investment Strategy
ROIs
Registers of Information
RPZs
Rent Pressure Zones
RTS
Regulatory Technical Standards
RZLT
Residential Zoned Land Tax
SAC
Special Areas of Conservation
SAP
Summary Approval Procedure
SBM
Specialist Banking Model
SCARP
Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process
SCCs
Standard Contractual Clauses
SCG
Sustainable Corporate Governance
Seanad Éireann
The upper house of the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature
SEAR
Senior Executive Accountability Regime
SFDR
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
SLAAP
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises
SOs
System Operators
SPAs
Special Protected Areas
Spring 2025 Legislative Programme
Government Legislation Programme Spring 2025
SRT
Synthetic Risk Transfer
STS
Simple, Transparent and Standardised
ToR
Terms of Reference
UCITS Directive
Directive on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities - Directive 2009/65/EC
UBM
Universal Banking Model
UK
United Kingdom
UPE
Ultimate Parent Entity
ViDA
EU VAT proposals on VAT in the Digital Age
VLOEs
Very Large Online Search Engines - online search engines that reach 45 million or more average monthly users in Europe
VLOPs
Very Large Online Platforms - online platforms that reach 45 million or more average monthly users in Europe.
WRC
Workplace Relations Commission