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Information Society Ireland
Strategy for Action
1. Introduction
- 1.1 The Information Society 3
- 1.2 The Forces of Change 4
- 1.2.1 The Economic Dimension 5
- 1.2.2 The Global Dimension 5
- 1.2.3 The Technological Dimension 6
- 1.2.4 The Human Dimension 7
- 1.3 The Implications for Ireland 8
- 1.3.1 Economic 8
- 1.3.2 Social 9
- 1.3.3 Government 11
- 1.4 The Promise of the Future 12
2. Envisioning the Future
- 2.1 A Vision for Ireland as an Information Society 15
- 2.2 Life in the Information Society 15
- 2.2.1 People and the Information Society 16
- 2.2.2 Business and the Information Society 19
- 2.2.3 Government and the Information Society 22
- 2.3 Consequences of Inaction 24
- 2.4 The Goals to be Achieved 25
3. Preparing for the Information Society
- 3.1 Ireland’s Preparedness for the Information Society 29
- 3.2 Awareness 30
- 3.2.1 General Public Survey 30
- 3.2.2 Business Survey 31
- 3.2.3 Conclusions 32