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3 votes
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1 votes
Left the RDS with a feeling of Hope- Not just about the What, but also the 'Who'. Thanks Compañeros
A positive day after feeling !
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1 votes
work for dole
It may be only one or two days a week but people could offer expertise in their fields e.g. costruction workers helping with infrastructure, admin staff could help with the hse etc. In exchange for this work people could receive additional benefits like education, upskilling and training free tra... more
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1 votes
abolish prohibition and regulate all illegal drugs, taxes will fund rehabilitation and education
At the moment huge sums of money are being spent trying to stop illegal drugs from entering the coutry and being sold on the streets. This is essentially like trying to hold back the sea with a bucket. Added to this is the cost of care and rehabilitation for addicts. Gangs are out of control and ... more
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1 votes
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9 votes
Teach Philosophy In School
The Primary and Secondary Education syllabus should include compulsory teaching of Civic Studies and Philosophy.
The current education system has produced consumers, not citizens. The current education system has produced a population that in general doesn’t question, doesn’t think, doesn’t eng... more -
5 votes
Replace the current two-tier system in health and education with a national state system
We are at crisis - during these ever increasingly stressful times further burdens will be put onto our already crippled health service. We urgently need to think outside the box in regards to reforming our provision of health and how we finance both health and education .
Here in brief are my... more
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6 votes
Create a modern Public Sector using ICT
The Government has made a ham-fisted effort of utilising modern ICT throughout the Public Sector.
There is lack of compatibility, no integration, no joined up thinking, no leveraging of economies of scale (e.g. for example, millions can be saved on software licensing costs alone if the licensing... more -
2 votes
Reform the current legal system
1 Whereby in a court of law a stenographer and a second method of recording is used for all cases heard. An independent organisation working with other agencies including the reformed probation service monitor outcomes. Enabling accountability of decisions made in the pursuit of a more open and t... more
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5 votes
New tougher legislation for Equal Opportunities in Employment Law
All interviewing panels in the private and public sector must have an equal number of men and women. Failure to comply deems the selection null and void. Application forms for vacant positions must be kept for a minimum of three years.
The current legislation does not go any way near to employe... more -
5 votes
Amend Article 41 in the Irish Consitution
The Family - Article 41
'In particular the state recognises that by her life in the home women give to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved. The State shall therefore endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour ... more -
1 votes
Have a Super Tax on pensions over €50k
A lot of people have or are in the process getting to retirement with VERY large pensions. Judges / developers / senior public servants / lots of politicians / bankers and so on. Most of these have zero mortgages have lots of excess cash. Wht not have a super tax ie. everything over €50k taxed at... more
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1 votes
Eliminate Stamp Duty
At the height this was generating €1.3 BILLION - now it's around €100 million. Eliminating it would generate a lot of activity and jobs for valuers / solicitors / surveyors and have a huge knock on effect for trademen as people move house. When they brought CGT down from 40% to 20% a few years ag... more
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1 votes
• Achieve greater income equality through wage, tax and income policies that ensure maximum incom
• Achieve greater income equality through wage, tax and income policies that ensure maximum income is not more than a specific multiple of the minimum income and ensure every person has a guaranteed minimum income sufficient to live life with dignity.
....I am heartened by your initiative a... more
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1 votes
Emulate the Ukraine 'Orange revolution' with a green one: camp around Dail until this Govt goes
Two years of the Gov making things worse and you accept no election until 2012? Earliest May 2011? Giving them up to two more years of wrecking? We need to surround the Oireachtas and Gov complex until they are driven out, as in Ukraine and in Iceland. It needs the same degree and level of organi... more