Links to external organisations
On this page you will find links to government departments, offices, organisations and overseas registry offices.
The CRO is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
The Anti Money Laundering Compliance Unit is part of the Department of Justice and Law Reform.
The CRO comes under the remit of The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Its responsibilities include company law matters.
The site also details it’s Support for SME’s and its Offices and Agencies, including Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices.
The CRO is a participant in The European Business Register.
The register is a network of business registers kept by the registration authorities in most of the European countries.
Iris Oifigiúil is the official means used by the Government for announcing appointments to public offices and publishing proclamations, statutory instruments, and the appointment of receivers to companies, etc.
The Irish Government website provides links to other Government Departments in Ireland.
The Irish Point of Single Contact website provides information on starting a business in Ireland, as well as doing business in the EU, and also provides information on procedures required to provide certain services in the State.
The Irish Statute Book website contains a database of Irish legislation including the Companies and Business Names Acts.
The Corporate Enforcement Authority is engaged in improving the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish economy.
The role of the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland involves the grant of rights in the fields of inventions, trade marks and designs, and the dissemination of relevant knowledge in conjunction with each of these activities.
The Registry of Beneficial Ownership is the central repository of statutory information required to be held by relevant entities (i.e. Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies) in respect of the natural persons who are their beneficial owners/controllers, including details of the beneficial interests held by them.
The Registry of Friendly Societies is the central repository of public statutory information for Industrial and Provident Societies, Friendly Societies, and Trade Unions.
The Companies Unit of the Revenue Commissioners deals with several areas that affect the CRO – applications for voluntary strikeoff, real and continuous link statements and applications for restoration.