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.

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No longer current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.

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.

Report an error or request a correction. Include the page, the wording that may be wrong and a source where possible. The publisher reviews the report against the cited source and the rest of the policy record before changing published information.

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.

Current owner, publisher and editor: Robert Gloster.

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