Better Regulation in Europe: Ireland

The EU Better Regulation project is a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission. It draws on the initiatives for Better Regulation promoted by both organisations over the last few years.

Regulatory Reform in OECD Countries: Reports by Country

The unique OECD peer review process has helped improve public policy. It assesses how countries manage the design, adoption and enforcement of regulations according to a conceptual framework. It ensures comparability while taking account of institutional and cultural differences across countries.

Economic Survey of Ireland 2009: Boosting competitiveness and raising living standards

Living standards in Ireland will remain high, despite the severe contraction, but stronger structural policies would encourage sustainable long run growth.

OECD Public Management Reviews - Ireland: Towards an Integrated Public Service

Ireland's economic success story is one that many OECD countries would like to emulate. Of the many factors linked to this success, the public sector’s role is key. This report analyses what the sector has accomplished so far, how it can keep renewing itself, and how it can perpetuate its success.

Ireland's Housing Boom: What Has Driven it and Have Prices Overshot? (Economics Department Working Paper 492)

This working paper looks at the housing market and the risks that it poses to the Irish economy.

Related Documents

• Economics Department Working Papers - List
• Economic Survey of Ireland 2006

Boosting Competition in Ireland (Economics Department Working Paper 491)

This working paper discusses ways to strengthen competition in order to boost productivity growth and help restrain inflation in Ireland.

Related Documents

• Economics Department Working Papers - List
• Economic Survey of Ireland 2006

Regulatory Reform in the Telecommunications Industry in Ireland

The telecommunications sector in OECD countries has seen significant regulatory reform in recent years. Twenty-four OECD countries had, in 2000, unrestricted market access to all forms of telecommunications, including voice telephony, infrastruct...

Regulatory Reform in Electricity, Gas, Pharmacies, and Legal Services in Ireland

The Irish electricity and gas sectors are dominated by two vertically integrated state-owned entities, the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) and Bord Gáis, respectively. Electricity and gas demand are growing rapidly, reflecting GDP growth.

Government Capacity to Assure High Quality Regulation in Ireland

Can the national administration ensure that social and economic regulations are based on core principles of good regulation? Regulatory reform requires clear policies and the administrative machinery to carry them out, backed up by concrete polit...

Regulatory Reform in Ireland

This review on Ireland presents an integrated assessment of regulatory reform in framework areas such as the quality of the public sector, competition policy and enforcement, and market openness with recommendations for regulatory reform.