- Budget 2026 and Competitiveness: Navigating Uncertainty
- NCPC Welcomes Government's Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity
- Call for Expressions of Interest - Member of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council
- Bulletin 25-4: IMD World Competitiveness Rankings
- Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2025
- 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
Budget 2026 and Competitiveness: Navigating Uncertainty
The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council is pleased to announce the publication of Budget 2026 and Competitiveness: Navigating Uncertainty paper. This publication aims to emphasises that competitiveness continues to play a central role in policy discussions, both domestically and internationally.
While Ireland continues to hold a strong competitiveness position globally, it still faces deep-rooted challenges that pose ongoing risks to its performance. The NCPC’s Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2025 report underscores the importance of tackling issues that lie within domestic control (or “controlling the controllables”). Therefore, this Pre-Budget publication – second paper published by the Council on this topic – draws attention to those recommendations most relevant for Budget 2026.
This year, the Council highlights that with global uncertainty continuing to shape the economic environment, it is vital that Irish Government focus on addressing challenges within domestic control, such as low productivity and infrastructural gaps. By aligning Budget 2026 with the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, Ireland can better safeguard its competitive position and ensure that businesses of all sizes are supported to thrive.
You can check out the publication and NCPC's press release below.
The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council is pleased to announce the publication of Budget 2026 and Competitiveness: Navigating Uncertainty paper. This publication aims to emphasises that competitiveness continues to play a cent...
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 focus...
Expressions of interest are now being sought from suitably qualified persons with expertise for consideration for appointment as a Member of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council for a term of three years (renewable once at...
The NCPC is pleased to publish Bulletin 25-4 on IMD World Competitiveness Rankings. This Bulletin provides an assessment of Ireland’s performance in the latest annual World Competitiveness Rankings by the IMD. This year’s IMD report ranks I...
The report sets out a range of key challenges facing Ireland’s economy, particularly over the medium to long-term. The Council places a clear emphasis on addressing those challenges that come within domestic control (in a sequenced and stra...
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...