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Irish citizens have proven to be resourceful and creative in proposing solutions for Irish economic recovery and renewal.  They responded positively and in large numbers to the Ideas Campaign’s call for their ideas and support for a campaign designed to help stimulate a new type of national discussion about Ireland’s economic problems.

Through ideas logged on the campaign website, through messages of support and through the media, Irish citizens have sent a powerful signal about their capacity to make innovative, positive proposals about how to improve Ireland, both economically and socially.

The ideas received demonstrate the extent and the diversity of citizens’ engagement with this campaign. This document includes a sample of the ideas received which, in the opinion of the campaign’s Advisory Group, are worthy of further consideration.  Many more ideas which also merit consideration are published in summary form on the campaign website.

The Advisory Group considers the sample in this plan to be worthy of consideration, and in some cases implementation, by organisations (social, voluntary, business) and individuals as well as Government.  The ideas selected, in fact, represent several hundreds of ideas submitted, many of which share common themes.  They include ideas - such as the creation of a new Volunteer Corps, a novel community-led initiative to replace pre-fabricated school buildings and a discount scheme for paying taxes in advance - which, if implemented would produce both social and economic benefits.

The plan is being circulated to Government, political parties and organisations representing business, community, voluntary and other sectors.  It is also available for download on the campaign website.

While this plan draws the Ideas Campaign to a close, its spirit, the debate it has generated and indeed the implementation of some of the ideas will carry it forward. We hope that this plan’s circulation and the general debate about the ideas submitted, and indeed the campaign itself, will contribute in some small way to Ireland’s future.

May 2009