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Aug 4, 2023 | mondaq.com | Julie Murray |Cormac Little SC

It is anticipated that the Screening of Third Countries Transactions Bill 2022 (Bill) will be enacted shortly, but at the time of writing, it is not clear when it will be commenced. Once commenced, the Bill will provide for the screening of transactions completed after the commencement date, as well as providing a "look-back" review mechanism for transactions entered into prior to commencement.

May 11, 2023 | competitionlawinsight.com | Cormac Little SC

New Irish competition legislation addresses an obvious enforcement gap2023-04-17 00:00:00.0The Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (the 2022 Act) represents a significant reform of Ireland’s competition law enforcement regime currently contained in the Competition Act 2002 as amended (the 2002 Act). The 2022 Act, which became law last summer, is due to be brought into force in the coming months. (For ease of reference, this article jointly refers to the 2022 Act and the 2002 Act as “the Acts”.)

Mar 29, 2023 | lexology.com | Cassandra Byrne |Jarleth Heneghan |Claire Waterson |Cormac Little SC

The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (Department) announced on 22 March 2023 that it will shortly publish a new circular, ‘Initiatives to Assist SMEs in Public Procurement’ (Circular) to enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tender for public contracts for works, goods and services. Once published, the Circular will replace Circular 10/14 which has acting as the guidance to all public sector bodies procuring public works and services since 2014.