What works in Ireland
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Ireland
Ireland has implemented several evidence-based equality and economic policies. Ireland's Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 created a legally binding pay-equity evidence base with 500+ companies reporting a mean gender pay gap of 12.6% and median of 8.37%, while Ireland Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 conditioned party state funding on fielding at least 30% women candidates (raised to 40% in 2023), resulting in women's Dáil representation rising from 15.1% (2011) to 25.3% (2024). On business support, the Trading Online Voucher Scheme provided matched e-commerce grants to small businesses, achieving a 21% average sales increase and enabling 60% of recipients to export for the first time, while Going for Growth supports women business owner-managers through peer-support networks.
Drawn from: Ireland's Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 · Ireland Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 — Gender Quota for Party Funding · DigiAcademy: Co-Designed Digital Literacy Platform for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities · Going for Growth · Trading Online Voucher Scheme — E-Commerce Grants for Small Businesses · Revenue REAP — Ireland's AI risk engine for human-supervised tax-compliance targeting · Connected Hubs — Ireland's National Remote-Work Network for Rural Talent Retention · Fast track to IT (FIT)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +56 pts 100 here · 44 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +33 pts 83 here · 51 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +26 pts 73 here · 48 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +21 pts 75 here · 54 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +17 pts 76 here · 59 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Sustainability +14 pts 92 here · 78 average
Scalability +11 pts 75 here · 64 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +11 pts 42 here · 31 average
Governance, certification & transferability +10 pts 75 here · 64 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +10 pts 86 here · 76 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +9 pts 47 here · 37 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Documented learning +9 pts 83 here · 74 average
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -16 pts 43 here · 60 average
Evaluation evidence -20 pts 25 here · 45 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Ireland. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Ireland's Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 · 96
Ireland Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 — Gender Quota for Party Funding · 96
DigiAcademy: Co-Designed Digital Literacy Platform for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities · 96
Going for Growth · 93
Trading Online Voucher Scheme — E-Commerce Grants for Small Businesses · 88
Revenue REAP — Ireland's AI risk engine for human-supervised tax-compliance targeting · 87
Connected Hubs — Ireland's National Remote-Work Network for Rural Talent Retention · 86
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Ireland concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Pikin Tab — Imagine Worldwide's Solar-Powered Tablet Learning Programme in Sierra Leone · fit 89/100
- Matches your scale
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more