ANALYSIS

Ireland scores 42.5%, an increase of more than 15 percentage points since 2013, placing it in the fair category and making it in one of the biggest improvers in 2014. It ranks 14^th out of 50 bilateral organisations. Ireland performs well on organisation planning and financial information. At the activity level, 14 indicators are currently published to IATI, covering basic, classification and financial information. It performs less well on the provision of project documents and performance information (results, conditions and impact appraisals), particularly the latter for which it does not score any points. Of the 22 indicators that take format into account, over two thirds are published in machine-readable formats. However it does score not on some important indicators including project descriptions, commitments, budget documents, contracts, results and conditions. Overall, it does not score on 12 of the 39 indicators.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Ireland should improve its IATI publication so it is comprehensive and includes project descriptions, results and conditions data, links to project documents and sub-national location. It should also publish a more complete organisation file. It should aim to update its IATI files on at least a quarterly basis.
• It should update its implementation schedule so it is more ambitious, including specific timelines and delivery targets, aiming towards full implementation of the IATI Standard by the end of 2015.
• It should use its IATI data in its programming and coordination processes and promote access to this data, in the first instance via an open data portal.
• Ireland should update its OGP National Action Plan to include ambitious commitments on aid transparency.

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