Ireland

Ireland is ranked 14th overall on the Index. Its highest scores are for HR management and tax administration (both ranked 2nd).

Summary chart of Ireland's scores in the 2019 InCiSE index. GBR NZL CAN FIN AUS DNK NOR NLD SWE KOR USA EST CHE AUT FRA ESP BEL DEU LTU MEX CHL LVA JPN ITA SVN ISR POL ISL CZE PRT TUR SVK HRV BGR ROU GRC HUN IRL InCiSE 0.63 0.52 Capabilities Crisis and risk management Digital services Fiscal and financial management HR management Inclusiveness Integrity Openness Policy making Procurement Regulation Tax administration

Ireland only just misses out on the top position for HR management. All but one of its metric results are well above average and it achieves the maximum score for the metric assessing the extent to which recruitment systems are meritocratic.

On tax administration, Ireland’s scores are consistently high, most notably the metrics assessing total tax debt as a proportion of net revenue and the volume of online VAT and corporate tax returns.

Ireland is ranked 7th overall for procurement and it has well above average scores for administrative effectiveness.

The main indicators where Ireland’s performance is relatively low are digital services regulation and openness where metric scores vary widely.

Cross-referencing note

This content was presented as section 4.17 in the original 2019 publication.