Ireland

No regulation can stop abuses on its own. Even where laws are well designed and sufficient resources are available to enforce them, laws will be bent or broken. It follows therefore, that lobbying regulation must always be complemented by voluntary efforts to promote responsible lobbying’.

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.

6th June 2012, Irish Examiner (Read here)

Advocacy and Research Manager, Nuala Haughey, comments on fundamental governance gaps that contributed to Ireland's economic problems.

8^th March 2012, The Epoch Times (Read here)

TI Ireland welcomes proposals for the Protected Disclosure in the Public Interest Bill.