It doesn’t have any enforcement power, but this is an agreement that Ireland have had to sign up to out of political necessity. It’s not the OECD forcing Ireland, it’s the other OECD members.
Excuse me? are there not senior officials [0] in these organisations that convene these things, set timelines and such? I’m sorry if I am using some definition of the colloquially term “brass” that you are not familiar with.
This fool has been well aware for decades that they have various deliberative and measuring staff but no ability to order anyone* around.
The world needs organizations like the oecd but they hardly have “brass” like, say, the EU does, much less national governments.
* ok, if your job is to track, say, land usage and you don’t do your job you have a boss who can presumably fire you but that’s about as exciting as it gets.
I'm sure soft power pressure from the EU was a big factor in this, sure. But they weren't forced to as such.