Corruption

The following letter to the Irish Times was published on 18 December 2015 in response to an article written by the Times' political editor Stephen Collins titled 'Corruption, however minor, likely to be an election issue'. The article quotes Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index in downplaying the severity of the issue in Ireland. The Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 will be published on 27 January 2016.

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Ireland has failed to live up to its commitments under the OECD anti-bribery convention over the last four years, says anti-corruption group Transparency International today in its 11th annual progress report on enforcement of the convention.

Dublin, 3 December 2014

Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2014 is published today and shows an improvement in Ireland’s score for the second year in a row.

Despite a series of controversies involving the Gardaí, charities and appointments to public bodies, as well as allegations of corruption in planning; Ireland’s position on the index has moved up since 2012.

Review of Garda Síochána Act 2005 and related legislation - Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality hearings

TI Ireland shared its views with the Oireachtas Justice Committee on what changes need to be made to the Garda Siochana Act to address the risk of abuse and corruption in the future.

Gardaí are legally entitled to discuss evidence of irregularities with members of the Oireachtas
Dublin, 23 January 2014
 
Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) has called on Garda (Irish Police) Commissioner Martin Callinan to withdraw a threat he made of disciplinary action against a serving Garda member in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today. The Garda Commissioner was giving evidence to the PAC into irregularities in the management of the Garda Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) system that records penalty points against motorists.

Transparency International will release its 18th annual Corruption Perceptions Index on 5 December 2012 at 05.00 GMT.

This year’s index ranks 176 countries/territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption including Ireland. The index draws on 13 surveys covering expert assessments and surveys of businesspeople. The Corruption Perceptions Index is the leading indicator of public sector corruption, offering a yearly snapshot of the relative degree of the corruption problem by ranking countries from all over the globe.

105 biggest public companies reviewed. 61 based in Ireland. Only Statoil says how much it pays in corporation tax. 68 per cent report on anti-corruption measures

Dublin, 10 July 2012

The world’s largest publicly-traded companies are reporting more than in the past about their anti-corruption programmes but still need to do a lot more to increase transparency in reporting on their operations, according to a new study by Transparency International.