Public consultation on the exercise of the national discretions in the Listings Act 2024

Open4 Feb, 2025, 14:41 - 18 Mar, 2025, 18:00

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The Department of Finance invites interested parties to make submissions in relation to the exercise of national discretions on: Regulation 2024/2809 of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) no 596/2014 and (EU) no 600/2014 To make public capital markets in the Union more attractive for companies and to facilitate access to capital for small and medium-sized enterprises, also known as the ‘Listings Act’.

The deadline for this public consultation is 18 March 2025

How to respond to this consultation paper

If you wish to respond to this consultation paper you may do so either electronically or in writing by 18 March 2025, as set out below. Submissions received after this deadline may not be considered.

 

Electronically at

By Post to

https://consult.finance.gov.ie/.

Listings Act Consultation, Financial Services Division, Department of Finance, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, D02 R583, Ireland.

If responding by post please complete Annex 1 and submit a printed copy of this Annex along with your response to the consultation.

 

In responding to this consultation you are invited to:

  • Give your views on the specific questions set out in the consultation paper. You do not have to answer every question – you may choose to answer all of the questions or only those which are relevant to you.
  • Provide details of any issues or concerns you feel should be considered in dealing with the particular topic being addressed in your response.
  • Where appropriate, provide some analysis or views on the regulatory and/or financial impact of the proposed approach.
  • The information requested in the About You section (Annex 1) must be completed by all respondents to the public consultation.

Next steps

The submissions received in response to this public consultation will be taken into consideration when deciding how best to transpose Regulation (EU) 2024/2809 into Irish law.

Targeted stakeholder engagement with representative bodies and other interested groups or individuals may be conducted following the conclusion of the public consultation.

Notices

Responses to this consultation are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (FOI), Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007-2018 (AIE) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Parties should note that the contents of submissions received in response to the consultation may be published on the Department’s website. Personal data will be redacted prior to publication. In responding to this consultation paper, parties should clearly indicate where their responses contain personal information, commercially sensitive information or confidential information which they would not wish to be released under FOI, AIE or otherwise published.

We would like to draw your attention to the Data Privacy Notice on the Department’s website which explains how and when we collect personal data, why we do so and how we treat this information. It also explains your rights in relation to the collection of personal information and how you can exercise those rights.

Disclaimer

Nothing in this document constitutes legal advice or any other form of advice, nor should it be construed as such.

Please note that neither the Department of Finance nor the Minister for Finance assume any liability for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this consultation document.