35. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 888:

“888A. (1) On and after the commencement of section 35 of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 and notwithstanding section 262(9) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, a director shall include his or her personal public service number (or, in any case where the director does not have a personal public service number, such other information concerning the identity of the director as stands determined by the Registrar for the purposes of this section) in—

(a) an application made under this Act by him or her to incorporate a company,

(b) an annual return made under this Act by a company of which he or she is a director, and

(c) a notice of change of directors or secretaries made under this Act by a company of which he or she is a director.

(2) Any person who, without just cause, fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of a category 4 offence.

(3) In this section, ‘personal public service number’, in relation to a director, means the number that has been issued to the director in accordance with section 262(2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.”.