Ireland

Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995, (English);
Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996, (English);
Standards in Public Office Act, 2001, (English);
Protected Disclosures Act, 2014, (English.);
Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act, 2018, (English).

Department of Justice and Equality
(An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais), (English);
Garda National Bureau of Economic Crime
(Biúró Náisiúnta an Gharda Síochána um Choireacht Eacnamaíoch), (English);
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
(Oifig an Stiúrthóra Ionchúiseamh Poiblí), (English);
Tackling Bribery and Corruption - A Cross-Departmental Approach by the Irish Government to Raise Awareness of Bribery and Corruption, (English).

UN

GRECO

OECD

FATF

The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2011.
The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.

GRECO’s member since 1999.
The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2003.
The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was not ratified.
The fourth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.

The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2003.
The country is undergoing Phase 3 and Phase 1bis evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The reports are available here.

Member of the FATF since 1991.
Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.

TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2022

Overall Score:

77 out of 100

Rank:

10 out of 180

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

Rank:

27 out of 141

The Rule of Law Index 2022

Overall Score:

0,81 out of 1

Rank:

10 out of 140

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

95 out of 150

Rank:

48 out of 135

Index of Public Integrity

Overall Score:

7,76 out of 10

Rank:

26 out of 114

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