Council Members are appointed by the , and include representatives of the employer and trade union movements, including Ibec and ICTU. The composition of the Council also includes persons with relevant expertise in competitiveness. A representative of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, typically the Assistant Secretary-General responsible for national competitiveness, is automatically appointed a member, under the terms of reference of the Council. Representatives from the Departments of , , ,, and and from attend Council meetings in an advisory capacity. The NCC meets four or five times each year.
Chairperson of the Council
Publications
Each year the NCC publishes a report benchmarking Ireland's competitiveness performance. Ireland's Competitiveness Scorecard provides a comprehensive assessment of Ireland's competitiveness performance, using over 125 statistical indicators. The indicators are drawn from data sources such as OECD, Eurostat, CSO and others. The Council also publishes Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge on an annual basis. The Competitiveness Challenge report focuses on the national competitiveness issues of most importance to the enterprise sector and identifies policy recommendations required to address these issues. Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge builds on the data published in Ireland's Competitiveness Scorecard which benchmarks Ireland's competitiveness across a range of statistical indicators. Over recent years, a report benchmarking the Costs of Doing Business in Ireland has become a regular feature of the Council’s annual output. Where appropriate, the NCC also issues statements on key competitiveness issues. In May 2012, for example, the Council published Ireland's Productivity Performance, 1980-2011 which maps Ireland's productivity performance over the last three decades relative to the UK, the US and the EU. In the past, it has issued statements on Education and Training, Cities -Drivers of National Competitiveness, Wellbeing and Competitiveness, Prices and Costs, Innovation, Inflation, Labour Supply and Skills and Regulatory Reform As well as publishing statements, the NCC also regularly makes submissions on issues relating to Ireland’s competitiveness. For example, in January 2015, the NCC published its . The Council also issues Competitiveness Bulletins on specific topics of concerns, for example in June 2015 it published a bulletin on . Subsequently, Bulletins have been published on topics including capital investment, the labour market, legal services reform, and commercial insurance costs.
