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- The Chair presents to the second annual Competitiveness Summit of Ministers hosted by the Taoiseach
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- Bulletin 25-2: Re-estimating Ireland’s International Competitiveness Performance
- Retrospective Review, 2020-2023
- NCPC's South-East Regional Seminar
- Bulletin 25-1: Developments in Ireland's National Productivity Statistics
- The Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2024
- Budget 2025 and Competitiveness: Investing in Ireland’s Future Prosperity
- NCPC Chair attends the Competitiveness Summit
- Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2024
- Bulletin 24-4 IMD World Competitiveness Rankings
- Bulletin 24-3 Competitiveness and the Housing Market in Ireland
- NCPC's Mid-West Regional Seminar
- NCPC Welcomes DETE-ESRI Joint Economic Research Programme Seminar
- Bulletin 24-2 Ireland’s Competitiveness and Productivity Framework
- ESRI Publish Working Paper of DETE ESRI Joint Research Programme
- Bulletin 24-1 Re-estimating Ireland’s International Innovation Performance
NCPC Welcomes Government's Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity
Today (September 10th, 2025) Dr. Frances Ruane, the Chair of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC), welcomed the publication by Government of the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity. The Action Plan focuses on the areas of Ireland’s competitiveness and productivity that fall within the domestic sphere of influence. This mirrors the Council’s own assessment highlighting the need to focus on “controlling the controllables”.
Dr. Ruane said:
“This Action Plan comes at a time of rapid geopolitical and economic change. The Council valued the opportunity to contribute to its development, both through the analysis included in this year’s Competitiveness Challenge report, and as part of my participation in the Competitiveness Summit, that was held in July.”
The Action Plan contains 85 actions for enhancing Ireland’s competitiveness and productivity performance, with 26 of these identified as priority actions. These actions are set out across the following six themes:
- Embracing Research, Innovation and Skills;
- Boosting FDI and Exports and Influencing at EU Level;
- Creating and Scaling More SMEs;
- Regulating for Growth and Controlling Costs;
- Increasing the State’s Capacity to Delivery Infrastructure; and,
- Growing Sustainable Irish Businesses and Boosting Regional Development.
NCPC's full press release is available below.
Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity can be accessed via here: Action Plan
Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment press release can be accessed via here: Action Plan - DETE
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