Ireland
OECD member since 1960
This set of indicators covers regulations and practice related to conflict-of-interest management, lobbying, political finance and transparency of public information. Data is currently available for 2022 and 2023 for OECD members and 2024 for non-OECD members.
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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 ban contributions from publicly owned enterprises. | 82% of OECD countries fulfill | 75% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
Regulations list incompatibilities between public functions and other public or private activities. | 74% of OECD countries fulfill | 72% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
Regulations define institutional responsibilities as well as submission, compliance, and content verification procedures for conflict-of-interest or interest declarations. | 68% of OECD countries fulfill | 72% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
The lobbying register allows to sort information collected at the minimum by lobbyist’s name, company or organisation, domain of intervention, and piece of legislation or regulation targeted. | 26% of OECD countries fulfill | 3% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading | |
Aggregated data on lobbying on public decision making including at minimum data on the identity and field of action of interest representatives met by members of Government and members of Parliament. | 26% of OECD countries fulfill | 0% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading | |
The code of conducts that regulates interactions between public officials and lobbyists is supported by practical examples of at-risk or undesirable behaviours and situations. | 34% of OECD countries fulfill | 3% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading |
The submission rate of interest declarations from members of the Government is 100% for the past six years. | 68% of OECD countries fulfill | 22% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
The submission rate of interest declarations from members of parliament is at least 90% for the past six years. | 68% of OECD countries fulfill | 25% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
The submission rate of interest declarations from members of the highest bodies of the judiciary is at least 80% for the past four years. | 29% of OECD countries fulfill | 25% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
The submission rate of mandatory interest declarations from newly appointed or reappointed top-tier civil servants of the executive branch is at least 80% for the past four years. Data not available | 50% of OECD countries fulfill | 19% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
Declarations to be verified are selected according to a risk-based approach. Data not available | 47% of OECD countries fulfill | 44% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
At least 60% of declarations filed during the latest two full calendar years were verified by the responsible authority. | 26% of OECD countries fulfill | 13% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
The responsible authority has issued recommendations for resolution within 12 months for all cases of conflict of interest detected for the past three years. | 26% of OECD countries fulfill | 22% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
A range of sanctions has been issued during the past three years in cases of non-compliance with disclosure obligations, non-management or non-resolution of a conflict-of-interest situation. | 37% of OECD countries fulfill | 34% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
All declarations are submitted electronically. | 42% of OECD countries fulfill | 47% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging |