Phase two of the Ideas Campaign was launched this morning following a huge response by citizens to create ideas for Irish economic renewal and recovery.
A total of 5,284 ideas were submitted on our website between the campaign’s launch on 5 March and last night (31 March), the deadline for this phase of the campaign.
Traffic to the website approached almost 48,000 visits during the same period, with a typical visitor spending approximately 4.5 minutes on the site.
International interest in the campaign is also now considerable and represents 17% of traffic.
Policy, education, environmental initiatives and tourism were the top categories for ideas submitted. Three out of four ideas logged from overseas came from people born in Ireland.
Next phase
Action is the theme of phase two of the campaign, which involves:
- Devising an action plan for individuals, community and other groups and for Government based on the ideas submitted. This will be produced in April
- Continuing the dialogue and interaction with the many thousands of citizens who have shown an interest in this campaign
- Creating further awareness about the campaign, and particularly the ideas which have been received, both in Ireland and internationally
- Working with individuals and groups that share a common goal to help Irish economic renewal and recovery
“This is the start, not the end of the Ideas Campaign, which is independent and non-political,” said Campaign Director Aileen O’Toole.
“The response we have received shows that Irish people are creative, resourceful and want to focus on solutions to the economic problems.”
An expert Advisory Group has started the process of evaluating the ideas received, while four accountancy firms (Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC) are assisting the campaign team to review and evaluate the ideas submitted.
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