If you were in charge of the 13 Billion windfall for Ireland what would you use it for?

I'd divide it equally so everyone over 18 in Ireland gets an equal slice of the pie . .

How much would that be each? (don't know how to do the maths on that one).

Somewhere over €3000 for every adult, assuming roughly 4 million adults in the country

Use it to pump water from the Shannon to treatment plant at Birdhill in Limerick.

I'd build a wall of death

Debt reduction, sovereign wealth fund or fund a piece of expensive but overdue infrastructure, like the Dublin metro.

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Only fair thing is to pay off the national debt we all know if politicians are left in charge it will be pished away. At least our borrowings will go down along with the amount of interest accumulating on it

I think the biggest concern I would have about spending it now is stoking inflation. For that reason dividing it equally among the population would be a terrible idea.

For context, €13bn is 6 months worth of Social Protection spend

Set up a state owned wind company and harvest the massive wind resource off the west coast. Build more* interconnector's to the likes of Norway, France and the UK to ensure availability and to sell the power.

For once the state could own a serious income generating resource, and at the same time move away from imported fossil fuels.

Instead of gving out small handouts to everyone, we could have the cheapest electricity in Europe forever.

*The Celtic Interconnector is a 700 MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine power cable under construction between the southern coast of Ireland and the north-west coast of France.[1] It will be the first such interconnector between the two countries.

Trial operation is planned to commence in 2026.[2]

The director general of EirGrid stated in 2022 that the interconnector was arguably "the most important Irish infrastructure project for this decade".[3]

An Irish statoil equivalent.

Ignore it. Continue spending as normal, stick to projects and follow through with them such as Metro etc.

Put this 13bn in a Sovereign Wealth fund.

Add a few billion to to it every year. Even if it wasn't added to, it'd generate c.700 million a year alone based on a 5%avg return.

In 30years, with compound interest, it could be worth 60bn. Use the interest after that to fund things on a regular basis. Pensions. Or transport. Just a massive investment fund that pays the country to do the extras. Rather than spending it now on 1 extra thing and have it gone.

It wouldn't lead to immediate inflation. And during recessions, money could be released from it to bolster unemployment payments, or keep services where there would have been cuts otherwise.

Would benefit the whole population and subsequent generations on a long term basis.

A nationwide bunga bunga party.

The national debt is €223 Billion

That €13B won't make much difference to it.

Build 12000+ apartments for student accommodation in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Galway. This would help two problems, the chronic issue of pricey student accommodation and it would increase rental stock in each city.

Sorry, Sligo, Athlone etc…. I would not spread it farther as its overall effectiveness would diminish.

I'd squander it on stuff that doesn't benefit the people as that's what will be done with it anyway. Go away with your metro or any of that fancy stuff, public transport won't benefit millionaires and they are the people that matter.

Misuse of public funds either way, honestly I'd hope it was corruption because the alternative, the level of feckless negligence required, is inconceivable.