How SIA Ireland checks and corrects information

Important policy claims start with a primary public source from the body responsible for the decision. For the current Investment Account record, that means published Department of Finance statements and documents. Commentary or news coverage may help locate an update, but it does not turn a proposal into a confirmed fact.

A source must identify the responsible publisher, publication date and the part of the document that supports the claim. Each important claim links directly to the source so readers can inspect it.

Primary sources in the current policy record

• Speech at the Annual Savings and Investment Forum Department of Finance, published 31 March 2026.
• Meeting with the main pillar banks on the Investment Account framework Department of Finance, published 13 May 2026.
• National Financial Literacy Strategy Annual Review and Action Plan 2026–2027 Department of Finance, published 10 June 2026.
• Roadmap for the Taxation of Retail Investment Department of Finance, published 31 August 2026.
• Announcement: publication of the retail investment roadmap Department of Finance, published 31 August 2026.
• Written answer on transfers into the proposed Investment Account Houses of the Oireachtas, published 7 September 2026.
• Written answer on deemed-disposal reform and Budget timing Houses of the Oireachtas, published 7 September 2026.

Canonical policy facts, contextual sources, attributed viewpoints and SIA Ireland analysis have different roles. Canonical facts record what an official source establishes, with its policy status and limitation. Contextual sources show identifiable reporting, argument or stakeholder positions. Viewpoints summarise what a named person or organisation argues. SIA Ireland analysis draws bounded inferences from that material under a visible “Our analysis” heading.

A context source cannot change a canonical policy status or be the only support for a policy fact. An inference remains analysis even when several sources repeat it.

Public source roles

Reporting

Accountable reporting of events, evidence or interviews.

Analysis

An attributable interpretation that explains evidence or consequences.

Opinion

A named or institutional judgement presented as opinion.

Stakeholder position

The stated position of an organisation with an interest in the proposal.

Stakeholder research

Research published or commissioned by an organisation with a relevant interest, presented with its methodology and limitations.

Direct statement

Original words from an identifiable speaker or organisation.

Official record

Primary parliamentary, regulatory or public-body material recording formal activity without, by itself, establishing a policy decision.

Candidate material must pass accountability and materiality tests. The responsible author, speaker or organisation must be identifiable. The material must answer a meaningful reader question, plausibly affect public understanding and add evidence or an argument that is not simply a duplicate of stronger coverage. The same tests apply to reporting, expert commentary, stakeholder statements, broadcasts, podcasts and stable social statements.

Evidence-weighted pluralism means relevant disagreement is represented without giving weak and well-supported positions artificial equality. Repetition, prominence and popularity do not establish truth or consensus. A consensus or majority claim needs a defined evidential sample.

Each included record identifies the author or speaker, publisher, publication date, original HTTPS source, access or paywall state, exact verification location, affiliation, relevant interest and last-checked date. Search snippets, secondary quotations and AI summaries can help locate material, but they are not cited evidence. The original source is checked before a claim is used.

Full copyrighted articles are not republished. Verification records retain source details, precise locations and only short extracts where exact wording matters.

Status describes the state of a policy claim. It is not a confidence score.

Confirmed

Established by the relevant approved source.

Proposed

Announced or consulted on, but not final.

Still unknown

The relevant authority has not confirmed the detail.

No longer current

Retained for transparency after a newer claim replaces it.

Read the current policy status and supporting sources.

“Last checked” is the date the linked source and the wording of a claim were most recently reviewed together. It is different from the source publication date. It does not claim that no later announcement exists, so the date stays visible beside the claim.

Source published is when the source organisation released a document or statement. Claim last checked is when we reviewed the wording against that evidence. Page last reviewed records a review of the page’s explanation and presentation; it does not advance every source or claim date. An editorial preview still requires the named editor’s approval before publication.

Before publication, the editor checks that a claim matches its source, uses the correct policy status, includes a material limitation and carries accurate source and verification dates. Editorial explanation is kept separate from policy facts and cannot add a rule that the source does not establish.

For Context & analysis, the checklist also covers attribution, access state, affiliations and relevant interests; the balance between materially different arguments; visible inference and uncertainty; copyright limits; and the absence of prediction, advocacy, provider recommendations or personal direction. Robert Gloster is the initial responsible human reviewer. His approval must be recorded before publication and is bound to the exact topic text, metadata, cited source records and canonical facts that enter the production build.

AI may help discover, extract, organise, compare and draft from candidate material. Every public claim still has to be checked against the original source, and the named reviewer remains responsible for the final selection, wording and approval.

AI cannot approve, publish, silently revise, close a correction or serve as a cited source. Published topics disclose the AI assistance and name the human reviewer. Drafts and fact-checked previews remain excluded from the production build until a valid approval record exists.

The editorial lifecycle is separate from policy status. Public labels are Current discussion, Still unresolved, Overtaken by official decision, Contradicted by later evidence and Corrected. Published and last-reviewed dates remain visible. A missed scheduled review creates a prominent freshness notice and removes the topic from homepage promotion while leaving useful context accessible.

An official fact change, materially new argument, source correction or scheduled review triggers another review. Repetition of an existing view does not. When a later decision, evidence or correction changes the interpretation, the current position and dated update appear first and the earlier material remains below. Content is removed only when it has no continuing explanatory value and the reason is recorded.

High-risk allegations, contested personal claims, substantial quotations, material conflicts, unclear affiliations or relevant interests, and reputational risk require legal or senior editorial review before publication. No public comments, votes, reactions or popularity counts are used to set prominence.

Suggest a source or report a correction. Include the page or reader question, the source’s original link, the wording that may be wrong and the reason it matters. The publisher checks the submission against the original material and the rest of the policy record. A suggestion does not alter the site until it has passed the relevant source and human-review checks.

A material correction changes the meaning, policy status, scope, source, date or practical implication of published information. Material corrections receive a public correction record showing the date, the earlier wording, the corrected wording, the reason and the supporting source. A later policy development is preserved as a superseding claim rather than presented as if the earlier record was an error.

Spelling, formatting and broken-link fixes that do not change meaning are corrected without a separate public record. They remain visible in the site’s version history.

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