Report
Ireland’s Competitiveness Scorecard 2019
The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reports to the Taoiseach and the Government, through the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation on key competitiveness issues facing the Irish economy and offers recommendations on policy actions required to enhance Ireland’s competitive position.
In accordance with the European Council recommendation of September 2016 on the establishment of National Productivity Boards by euro area countries, in March 2018, the Government mandated the National Competitiveness Council as the body responsible for analysing developments and policies in the field of productivity and competitiveness in Ireland.
Each year the NCC publishes two annual reports:
- Ireland’s Competitiveness Scorecard provides a comprehensive statistical assessment of Ireland’s competitiveness
performance; and - Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge uses this information along with the latest research to outline the main challenges to Ireland’s competitiveness and the policy responses required to meet them.
As part of its work, the NCC also publishes:
- The annual Costs of Doing Business report;
- An annual Productivity Review report; and,
- A series of competitiveness bulletins and other papers on specific competitiveness issues.
The work of the National Competitiveness Council is underpinned by research and analysis undertaken by the Enterprise Strategy, Competitiveness and Evaluation Division of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
