- The Chair presents to the second annual Competitiveness Summit of Ministers hosted by the Taoiseach
- Bulletin 25-3: The Competitiveness Implications of Post-Pandemic Learning Losses
- 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
The Chair presents to the second annual Competitiveness Summit of Ministers hosted by the Taoiseach
The Chair of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC) Dr. Frances Ruane attended the second annual Competitiveness Summit which took place today, 7th of July 2025, in Government Buildings.
The Summit was hosted by the Taoiseach and attended by the Tánaiste and relevant Ministers along with representatives from IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. The discussion focused on the current state of competitiveness in the Irish economy in the face of rapidly changing international economic developments. Dr. Ruane provided an update on Ireland’s overall competitiveness position and high-level details from this year’s Ireland Competitiveness Challenge 2025 report, together with key recommendations from the Report.
Dr. Ruane emphasised the need for Ireland to take account of global uncertainty and to use all its policy tools to strengthen the competitiveness of the Irish economy for Irish large, medium and small businesses. This year’s Challenge Report is providing important inputs into the development of the Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity which is a key commitment in the Programme for Government.
The Council’s Challenge Report 2025 will be published this week and it is expected that the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity will be published in the coming weeks.
The Chair of the NCPC Dr. Frances Ruane attended the second annual Competitiveness Summit which took place today, 7th of July 2025, in Government Buildings. Dr. Ruane emphasised the need for Ireland to take account of global uncertainty and...
The NCPC is pleased to publish Bulletin 25-3 on The Competitiveness Implications of Post-Pandemic Learning Losses. This Bulletin utilises OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data to analyse the impact of COVID-19-rela...
The NCPC is pleased to publish Bulletin 25-2 on Re-estimating Ireland’s International Competitiveness Performance. This Bulletin explores how Ireland’s performance in the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2024 is affected when selected indi...
The Retrospective Review assesses the progress made in implementing past recommendations and providing a comprehensive evaluation of Government responses between 2020 and 2023. The findings highlight meaningful progress, with the Government...
The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC) in conjunction with South-East Chambers and South East Technological University organised a regional seminar on the 2nd of April 2025. The theme of the Seminar was Regional Compet...
The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council is pleased to publish Bulletin 25-1 Developments in Ireland's National Productivity Statistics which provides an overview of the latest productivity statistics published by the CSO (Apri...
This is the fifth formal response issued by Government to the Competitiveness Challenge reports published annually by the Council. The Government recognises the importance and value of the Council’s ongoing work in assessing Ireland’s com...
Whilst it is inevitable that a given Budget will be characterised by a focus on immediate priorities, it also plays a significant role in shaping our broader fiscal approach, and so the objective of this paper is to specifically highlight t...
The Summit was hosted by the Taoiseach and featured discussions on Ireland’s current and future competitiveness challenges we face as a country. The Summit was attended by the relevant Ministers along with representatives of IDA Ireland and...
The Council’s annual report sets out the range of key challenges facing Ireland’s economy, particularly over the medium to long-term. This year, the Council places a clear emphasis on addressing those challenges that come within domestic co...