经合组织经济调查：爱尔兰2025

February 2025Volume 2025/3 OECD Economic Surveys:Ireland2025 This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty overany territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use ofsuch data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements inthe West Bank under the terms of international law. Note by the Republic of Türkiye The information in this document with reference to “Cyprus” relates to the southern part of the Island. There is no singleauthority representing both Turkish and Greek Cypriot people on the Island. Türkiye recognises the Turkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus (TRNC). Until a lasting and equitable solution is found within the context of the United Nations, Türkiyeshall preserve its position concerning the “Cyprus issue”. Note by all the European Union Member States of the OECD and the European UnionThe Republic of Cyprus is recognised by all members of the United Nations with the exception of Türkiye. Theinformation in this document relates to the area under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. Please cite this publication as:OECD (2025),OECD Economic Surveys: Ireland 2025, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/9a368560-en. ISBN 978-92-64-85908-1 (print)ISBN 978-92-64-62000-1 (PDF)ISBN 978-92-64-58737-3 (HTML) OECD Economic SurveysISSN 0376-6438 (print)ISSN 1609-7513 (online) OECD Economic Surveys: IrelandISSN 1995-3267 (print)ISSN 1999-0324 (online) Revised version, February 2025Details of revisions available at: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/support/corrigenda.html Photo credits:Cover © Vincent Koen. Foreword © Rana Umair Zahid/Shutterstock.com. Executive Summary © mark gusev/Shutterstock.com. Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found at: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/support/corrigenda.html.© OECD 2025 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. By using this work, you accept to be bound by the terms of this licence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Attribution– you must cite the work.Translations– you must cite the original work, identify changes to the original and add the following text:In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and thetranslation, only the text of original work should be considered valid.Adaptations– you must cite the original work and add the following text:This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed inthis adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its Member countries.Third-party material– the licence does not apply to third-party material in the work. If using such material, you are responsible for obtaining permission from the third party and forany claims of infringement.You must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image without express permission or suggest the OECD endorses your use of the work.Any dispute arising under this licence shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Arbitration Rules 2012. The seat of arbitration shallbe Paris (France). The number of arbitrators shall be one. Foreword This Economic Survey was prepared by Müge Adalet McGowan and Patrizio Sicari, under the supervisionof Vincent Koen. Research assistance was provided by Natia Mosiashvili, administrative and editorialassistance was provided by Sisse Nielsen and communication assistance by François Iglesias. This Survey is published under the responsibility of the Economic and Development Review Committee ofthe OECD. The Committee discussed the draft Survey on 26 November 2024. The cut-off date for dataused in the Survey is 3 February 2025. Information about this and previous Surveys and more information about how Surveys are prepared isavailable at www.oecd.org/eco/surveys. Table of contents 3Foreword 9Executive summary 1 Increasing resilience to shocks16 Growth is set to be resilient, but uncertainties remain17The changing financial landscape should be monitored closely20Ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability is key23References40 2 Maintaining the cost attractiveness of the business environment Addressing skills and labour shortages44Effectively balancing equity and cost pressures49Reducing burdensome legal costs50Ensuring fair and effective regulation53References57 3 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change59 Accelerating the implementation of climate action plans60Improving electricity demand management and accelerating renewables62Lowering emissions in selectedsectors65Pricing emissions more uniformly