This OECD Review was prepared by the Public Governance Directorate (GOV) of the OECD under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance, and overall supervision of Jón Blöndal, Head of Public Management and Budgeting Division (PMB). The Review was authored by Scherie Nicol (Lead – Independent Fiscal Institutions) and Kaitlyn Vanderwees (Policy Analyst), both of PMB, as well as international peer Lucia Rodriguez Muñoz (Member of the European Fiscal Board and Member of the Governing Council and Executive Commission at Bank of Spain).
The OECD appreciate the views and support of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council throughout the Review process, including Seamus Coffey (Chair of the Council) and Niall Conroy (Acting Chief Economist and Head of the Secretariat) as well as the views of external stakeholders in Ireland who provided input.
The OECD is also grateful for the valuable feedback received on the draft report, including from Janos Bertok, Deputy Director for Public Governance at the OECD as well as Muge Adalet McGowan and Patrizio Sicari from the Ireland Country Desk in the OECD’s Economics Department. The draft report also benefited from feedback from the OECD’s Committee of Senior Budget Officials and the Working Party on Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions.
Corey Stenhouse provided logistical support, and Meral Gedik provided publication support.