- Read more: Reducing Friction, Promoting Fairness: Behavioural Perspectives on Sludge in Irish Public Services
Sludge – the unnecessary friction that can complicate or delay access to programmes and services – may undermine the fairness and effectiveness of public policies. Drawing on a recently published paper (Lades et al., 2025), this policy paper presents insights from a nationally representative survey (n = 1,591) on how Irish citizens experience and tolerate…
- Read more: Improving engagement with Ireland’s solar schools scheme by reducing administrative frictions
In their 2024 Climate Action Plan, the Government of Ireland established a national target to install 8 gigawatts of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels nationally by 2030[i]. As part of this target, the Solar for Schools programme was launched by the Department of Education in November 2023. This programme provides all eligible schools in Ireland with…
- Read more: Reducing administrative frictions in Ireland’s afforestation scheme
Ireland’s Afforestation Scheme offers generous grants to landowners to plant trees. However, to date, uptake of the scheme by landowners is well below national targets. One potential barrier to uptake is the administrative friction within the scheme, which can make landowners’ experiences of policy implementation more onerous and result in lower participation. The purpose of…
