OECD Public Integrity IndicatorsHome

Ireland

OECD member since 1960

This set of indicators covers regulations and practice aimed at promoting integrity in the justice system and ensuring accountability through the disciplinary system for civil servants. Data for both OECD members and non-OECD members will be released in 2025.

Regulatory framework for judicial integrity
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List of indicators for Integrity of the justice and disciplinary systems

Click on an indicator to see the criteria that are used to calculate it.

Top performing and underperforming criteria in Ireland

This table shows the criteria within this dataset where the selected country performs the most above and below average. OECD countries are compared to the OECD average and partner countries are compared to the partner country average. Only criteria fulfilled by less than 40% of countries are shown as leading, and only criteria fulfilled by more than 40% of countries are shown as lagging.

Regulations establish that the promotion of judges is based on the recommendations of an independent body.

29%

of OECD countries fulfill

28%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

Regulations establish that the appointment of judges is based on the recommendations of an independent body.

34%

of OECD countries fulfill

25%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

Regulations define the circumstances where judges can be recused or should recuse themselves and establish a procedure to decide whether the judge should continue on the case or how the conflict of interest should be resolved.

Data not provided

68%

of OECD countries fulfill

47%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Regulations establish standard aggravating factors in the determination of disciplinary sanctions for prosecutorial misconduct.

34%

of OECD countries fulfill

25%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

Regulations establish a complaints procedure to address formal public allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.

61%

of OECD countries fulfill

44%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Staff in charge of investigating and deciding on disciplinary cases are obliged to inform the judiciary or law enforcement if a disciplinary case involves criminal behaviour.

61%

of OECD countries fulfill

44%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging