Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022

What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Allows Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review and screen foreign investments in designated sectors valued at €2M+ where control changes hands, to assess security and public order risks.
• Empowers Minister to prohibit transactions, impose conditions, or allow them to proceed; parties must notify 10 days before completion; failure to notify or provide false information is an offence.
• Establishes independent adjudicators panel to hear appeals against Minister's screening decisions within 30 days; adjudicator can remit to Minister for reconsideration or affirm the decision.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   2 Aug 2022
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   2 Aug 2022
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   21 Sep 2022
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   4 Oct 2023
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   4 Oct 2023
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   18 Oct 2023
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   24 Oct 2023
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   24 Oct 2023
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   24 Oct 2023
10. Enacted

    31 Oct 2023

Debates

• Committee and Remaining Stages 24 Oct 2023 ↗
• Second Stage 18 Oct 2023 ↗
• Report and Final Stages 4 Oct 2023 ↗
• Second Stage 21 Sep 2022 ↗

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