This document summarizes an OECD review of budget oversight by the Irish parliament. It outlines several aspects of the review including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It also discusses accountability functions of parliamentary oversight, issues regarding information quality and timeliness, and suggestions to strengthen oversight such as establishing new traditions and rituals, bolstering the role of the parliamentary budget office, and providing ongoing training.

1. Review of budget oversight
by parliament: Ireland
A contribution to examine
findings of the OECD review
Eduard Groen, House of Representatives, Netherlands

2. Aspects of my comment
• Appreciation overall analysis
• Driving forces of this type of reforms
• Interesting aspects of the review (slide)
• Strenghts and weaknesses (slide)
• Opportunities and threats (slide)
• Comparisons | parallels other systems
• Practicability of reforms
• Suggestions (slide)

3. Accountability functions
Oversight, control functions, deliberations
Interestings apects | Issues
• Quality of information (in the budget process)
• Legislation / Procedures /amendments
• Parliamentary treatment time
• Control  ex ante, ex durante, ex post
• Committment of parliamentarians
• Tenacy and endurance

4. Strenghts & weaknesses
Strenghts
• Parliamentary engagement
• Committment stakeholders
• PBO
Weaknesses
• Adjusting of higher regulation
• Time to deploy & consistency

5. Opportunities and threats
Opportunities
• -Momentum
• -OECD support
• -European semester
• -Supreme Audit Institution (SAI)
Threats
• Resources to support parliament
• Medialogica

6. Suggestions
• Rituals /new traditions
• PBO as a strong brand
• Support of rapporteurs
• Quick reference cards | “Instructions”
• Training & education | Repeats
• Luck | Motivated and skilled politicians