PROGRAMME FOR NATIONAL RECOVERY

Abstract

The Government, the ICTU, the FUE. the CII, the CIF, the IFA, Macra na Feirme and the ICOS, conscious of the grave state of our economic and social life, have agreed on this Programme to seek to regenerate our economy and improve the social equity of our society through their combined efforts. The principles that should govern such efforts were set out in the National Economic and Social Council study A Strategy, for Development 1985-1990 -- 2. The Programme will cover the period to end-1990. It envisages progress being made in that period in four broad areas -- (i) creation of a fiscal, exchange rate and monetary climate conducive to economic growth -- (ii) movement towards greater equity and fairness in the tax system -- (iii) diminishing or removing social inequities in our society; and (iv) intensification of practical measures to generate increased job oppotunities on a sectoral basis.