Summary of ideas submitted in the All island economy category…

• Implement stricter criteria and checks on Government job-creation grants.
• Impose a 90% tax on incomes over €100,000 for a period of three to five years
• Improve bankruptcy protection for Irish companies
• Incentivise Irish inventors. We should development a national support scheme and fund to assist inventors from prototyping through to the eventual manufacture of successful patents. We should focus on making it possible to have all steps of the process completed in Ireland
• Incentivise people to get married in Ireland through the provision of tax-breaks on accommodation and other services.
• Increase consumer spending by introducing a day every month in which people are urged to buy something that they want but have been putting off.
• Increase general tax bands for those who can afford it.
• Increase incentives to job share and work reduced hours along with introduction of more tax bands.
• Increase Ireland’s profile on the world stage
• Increase lending through alternative channels other than banks. These alternative investments channels could include: County Enterprise Boards; Enterprise Ireland, credit unions, the Central Bank and other domestic sources of finance.
• Increase mortgage lending to economic sectors other than first time buyers
• Increase recycling charges.
• Increase tax rates.
• Increase taxes alcopops and takeaway alcohol.
• Increase taxes and make all healthcare and education completely free
• Increase taxes on the wealthy.
• Increase the cost of dog licenses and employ more dog wardens.
• Increase the cost of National Lottery tickets with the Government taking the increase.
• Increase the duties on alcohol.
• Insist that public offices always photocopy on both sides of the page.
• Install water meters in all buildings. Allow free water up to a limit and then impose charges
• Instead of recapitalising the Irish banks, the Government funding should be divided amongst the Irish people.
• Insurance payouts should be decreased and as a result insurance costs would be reduced.
• Introduce a bond similar to the War Bonds issued by governments in the past.
• Introduce a home ownership tax (means tested)
• Introduce a national mentoring/guidance service for SMEs.
• Introduce a new tax bracket introduced for high earners
• Introduce a sales tax of 1% on all items sold within Ireland.
• Introduce a third tax band for high earners.
• Introduce affordable childcare. Ireland is a knowledge economy spending billions on third level education yet many of the highly skilled population are driven out of work due to the high cost of childcare
• Introduce an email tax.
• Introduce congestion charges in our major cities.
• Introduce four-day weeks to get extra people into the workforce and get the Government to subsidise the loss of earnings for people whose hours are being cut.
• Introduce Government measures to create capacity in the courts system to resolve bad debts quickly and equitably.
• Introduce incentives to stimulate innovation in green technology.