Transparency Table

Public bodies ranked by data transparency score. Higher scores mean spending data is easier for the public to understand and use.

Rankings (193)

Ordered by total score out of 5. Ties are broken alphabetically.

Public bodies ranked by transparency score from highest to lowest
Rank Organisation Score
1 National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
4.9/5
2 Educational Research Centre
4.5/5
3 Department of Health
4.0/5
4 Enterprise Ireland
4.0/5
5 Houses of the Oireachtas Service
4.0/5
6 Irish Blood Transfusion Service
4.0/5
7 Meath County Council
4.0/5
8 Mental Health Commission
4.0/5
9 National Treatment Purchase Fund
4.0/5
10 Office of the Ombudsman
4.0/5
11 Ombudsman for Children Office
4.0/5
12 South Dublin County Council
4.0/5
13 Technological University of the Shannon
4.0/5
14 The National Cancer Registry
4.0/5
15 Department of Rural and Community Development
3.9/5
16 Department of the Taoiseach
3.9/5
17 Office of Public Works
3.9/5
18 Southern Regional Assembly
3.9/5
19 Judicial Council
3.8/5
20 Charities Regulator
3.7/5
21 Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
3.7/5
22 Regulator of the National Lottery
3.7/5
23 Tailte Éireann
3.7/5
24 Water Safety Ireland
3.7/5
25 Bord Bia
3.6/5
26 Companies Registration Office
3.6/5
27 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
3.6/5
28 IDA Ireland
3.6/5
29 Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
3.6/5
30 Medical Bureau of Road Safety
3.6/5
31 National Council for Special Education
3.6/5
32 Royal Irish Academy of Music
3.6/5
33 City of Dublin ETB
3.5/5
34 Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
3.5/5
35 Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board
3.5/5
36 National Disability Authority
3.5/5
37 Western Development Commission
3.5/5
38 Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
3.4/5
39 Public Appointments Service
3.4/5
40 Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB
3.3/5
41 Food Safety Authority of Ireland
3.3/5
42 Institute of Public Administration
3.3/5
43 Kilkenny County Council
3.3/5
44 Moorepark Technology Limited
3.3/5
45 Office of the Attorney General
3.3/5
46 The Teaching Council
3.3/5
47 An Coimisiún Toghcháin
3.2/5
48 Atlantic Technological University
3.2/5
49 Central Statistics Office
3.2/5
50 Credit Review Office
3.2/5
51 Department of Justice
3.2/5
52 Department of Transport
3.2/5
53 Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland
3.2/5
54 Health Products Regulatory Authority
3.2/5
55 Higher Education Authority
3.2/5
56 IADT (Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology)
3.2/5
57 Kerry Education and Training Board
3.2/5
58 Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board
3.2/5
59 Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
3.2/5
60 The Pharmacy Regulator
3.2/5
61 Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
3.1/5
62 Department of Social Protection
3.1/5
63 Grangegorman Development Agency
3.1/5
64 Local Government Management Agency
3.1/5
65 Monaghan County Council
3.1/5
66 National Museum of Ireland
3.1/5
67 National Transport Authority
3.1/5
68 Pobal
3.1/5
69 Property Services Regulatory Authority
3.1/5
70 Screen Ireland
3.1/5
71 Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
3.1/5
72 Tipperary Education and Training Board
3.1/5
73 Wexford County Council
3.1/5
74 Wicklow County Council
3.1/5
75 An Garda Síochána
3.0/5
76 Arts Council
3.0/5
77 Board Iascaigh Mhara
3.0/5
78 Department of Defence
3.0/5
79 Dublin City Council
3.0/5
80 Environmental Protection Agency
3.0/5
81 Health Service Executive
3.0/5
82 Health and Safety Authority
3.0/5
83 Irish National Stud
3.0/5
84 Irish Prison Service
3.0/5
85 Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board
3.0/5
86 Mayo County Council
3.0/5
87 National Concert Hall
3.0/5
88 National Paediatric Hospital Board
3.0/5
89 National Standards Authority of Ireland
3.0/5
90 Offaly County Council
3.0/5
91 Revenue
3.0/5
92 Teagasc
3.0/5
93 Technological University Dublin
3.0/5
94 Transport Infrastructure Ireland
3.0/5
95 Waterford City and County Council
3.0/5
96 An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
2.9/5
97 Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
2.9/5
98 Digital Hub Development Agency
2.9/5
99 Health Insurance Authority
2.9/5
100 Intellectual Property Office of Ireland
2.9/5
101 Maritime Area Regulatory Authority
2.9/5
102 Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board
2.9/5
103 An Coimisiún Pleanála
2.8/5
104 Department of Finance
2.8/5
105 Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
2.8/5
106 Office of the Planning Regulator
2.8/5
107 Road Safety Authority
2.8/5
108 Beaumont Hospital
2.7/5
109 Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
2.7/5
110 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
2.7/5
111 Údarás na Gaeltachta
2.7/5
112 Carlow County Council
2.6/5
113 Chief State Solicitor's Office
2.6/5
114 Legal Aid Board
2.6/5
115 Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
2.6/5
116 Agri-Food Regulator
2.5/5
117 Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2.5/5
118 Science Foundation Ireland
2.5/5
119 The National Maternity Hospital
2.5/5
120 Director of Public Prosecutions
2.4/5
121 Research Ireland
2.4/5
122 SOLAS
2.4/5
123 The Heritage Council
2.4/5
124 Tusla
2.4/5
125 Cavan and Monaghan ETB
2.3/5
126 Corporate Enforcement Authority
2.3/5
127 Dental Health Foundation
2.3/5
128 Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
2.3/5
129 Limerick City and County Council
2.3/5
130 Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
2.3/5
131 Quality and Qualifications Authority of Ireland
2.3/5
132 Roscommon County Council
2.3/5
133 Skillnet Ireland
2.3/5
134 Tax Appeals Commission
2.3/5
135 The Pensions Authority
2.3/5
136 Cork City Council
2.2/5
137 Irish Museum of Modern Art
2.2/5
138 KARE Central Services
2.2/5
139 Laois County Council
2.2/5
140 Louth County Council
2.2/5
141 Munster Technological University
2.2/5
142 National Library of Ireland
2.2/5
143 Residential Tenancies Board
2.2/5
144 The University of Dublin Trinity College
2.2/5
145 Westmeath County Council
2.2/5
146 Cavan County Council
2.1/5
147 Citizens Information Board
2.1/5
148 Courts Service
2.1/5
149 Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
2.1/5
150 Department of Foreign Affairs
2.1/5
151 Dundalk Institute of Technology
2.1/5
152 Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
2.1/5
153 Galway City Council
2.1/5
154 Galway County Council
2.1/5
155 Home Building Finance Ireland
2.1/5
156 Housing Finance Agency
2.1/5
157 Irish Water
2.1/5
158 Kerry County Council
2.1/5
159 Leitrim County Council
2.1/5
160 Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board
2.1/5
161 Medical Council
2.1/5
162 Sligo County Council
2.1/5
163 South East Technological University
2.1/5
164 Tipperary County Council
2.1/5
165 Veterinary Council of Ireland
2.1/5
166 Chester Beatty
2.0/5
167 Clare County Council
2.0/5
168 Coimisiún na Meán
2.0/5
169 Cork County Council
2.0/5
170 Department of Education
2.0/5
171 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
2.0/5
172 Fingal County Council
2.0/5
173 Gas Networks Ireland
2.0/5
174 Kildare County Council
2.0/5
175 Longford County Council
2.0/5
176 Louth and Meath Education and Training Board
2.0/5
177 Marine Institute
2.0/5
178 Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority
2.0/5
179 The Commission for Communications Regulation
2.0/5
180 ESB
1.9/5
181 Galway and Roscommon ETB
1.9/5
182 National Oil Reserves Agency
1.7/5
183 Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board
1.5/5
184 Commission for Regulation of Utilities
1.3/5
185 National Asset Management Agency
1.3/5
186 National Gallery of Ireland
1.3/5
187 Raidió Teilifís Éireann
1.2/5
188 Central Bank
1.1/5
189 EirGrid
1.1/5
190 National University of Ireland Galway
1.1/5
191 Crawford Art Gallery
1.0/5
192 Rotunda Hospital
1.0/5
193 Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
1.0/5

Methodology

Rankings use each organisation’s current data transparency score (0–5). The score is the sum of five equally weighted components, each worth up to 1 point. Scores are recalculated when publications or spending records change.

  1. 1. Machine-readable publications

    Share of published spending files that are structured data (for example CSV or Excel) rather than PDF or missing attachments. Machine-readable files can be sorted, filtered, and totalled without manual retyping.

  2. 2. Description quality

    Share of line items with a meaningful description: present, longer than a few characters, and not marked as redacted. Vague or empty descriptions hide what public money was spent on.

  3. 3. Description uniqueness

    How varied descriptions are across an organisation’s records. Repeated copy-paste labels score lower than specific wording that distinguishes individual payments.

  4. 4. Supplier number

    Share of line items that include a supplier or vendor code. Stable codes make it possible to track spend with the same supplier even when names are spelled differently.

  5. 5. Supplier name

    Share of line items that name who was paid. Supplier identity is basic information for public accountability.

How ranking works

  • Organisations are sorted by total score, highest first.
  • Equal scores share relative position by name (A–Z) so the order stays stable.
  • Colour bands: green for 4.0–5.0, amber for 2.0–3.9, red below 2.0.
  • The score measures data quality and openness of published spend — not how much was spent or whether spending was appropriate.

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