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The Ideas Campaign, through its Advisory Group, has created a short list of ideas which, in their view, have the greatest economic and social value and can be most easily implemented.  The list covers ideas submitted by many hundreds of contributors, a great number of whom submitted ideas on common themes. Such ideas with multiple owners have been summarised into single ideas and put under eight broad headings.

This is just a small sample of the ideas which deserve further consideration and are published in summary form on the campaign website.

The ideas on the list are those considered by the Advisory Group to be priority ideas for consideration for action by organisations (social, voluntary, and business), individuals as well as Government.  The feasibility of each idea will need to be established and more detailed assessment will have to be conducted by the parties identified.

The Group believes that there are many strong ideas on the list which, if further validated, could make a significant difference to Ireland, both economically and socially. The Advisory Group’s assessment had to take account of the difficult economic circumstances and particularly the need to restore order to the public finances.

Initial screening and categorisation of the almost 5,300 ideas received for the Ideas Campaign was conducted by four accountancy firms - Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.  A team from each firm reviewed all of the ideas, summarised them and made an initial assessment of their value in economic and social terms.

While Government needs to take the lead in terms of framing the policy agenda, the Advisory Group is of the view that groups (such as business organisations and voluntary bodies) as well as individuals can also take leadership in furthering economic recovery and renewal.