The Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising has set out a target to increase philanthropic giving by ten percent year on year in Ireland from its current level of some €500m per annum to €800m by 2016. The Forum presented its interim report to me on 15 November 2011 in advance of the 2012 estimates; this set out the main strategic recommendations of the Forum.
The Forum has now completed its final report which includes an implementation plan. The report's recommendations fall under four headings:
A National "Giving Campaign";
Improving the fiscal environment and infrastructure for giving;
Developing fundraising capacity among not-for-profits;
Creating a National Social Innovation Fund.
I intend to bring the final report to Cabinet and publish it in the near future.