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1) General Forum

Declan Meenagh

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1) General forum

Open ideas
  1. 5 votes
    3

    put all people on the housing lists into all the empty housing estates on a fair rent to buy scheme

  2. 8 votes
    1

    abolish state subsidies to fee-paying schools & end the system of private beds in public hospitals.

  3. 43 votes
    3

    Debt forgiveness: When homes are repossessed, the homeloan should be cleared / written off

  4. 100 votes
    3

    Re-enact Justin Keating 1975 legislation on oil and gas and extend this to all OUR natural resources

Recent Comments

  1. I'd agree with Portugal, but they didn't decriminalise the supply of drugs did they?

    0 Ending of cannabis prohibition to take money and control away from gangs and to regulate sales. - 1 day ago

  2. No I haven't, and by the way, I'm in favour of banning tobacco. I think it would need more research before we could legalise hash.

    0 Ending of cannabis prohibition to take money and control away from gangs and to regulate sales. - 1 day ago

  3. http://www.treatment4addiction.com/drugs/cannabis/hashish/
    No, I think hash has negative effects and shouldn't be legalised. Maybe for medical use, but not as a recreational drug.
    Hash is addictive, and legalising it will only make something else the government will have to run quit campaigns for.

    0 Ending of cannabis prohibition to take money and control away from gangs and to regulate sales. - 2 days ago

  4. Washington also kept slaves,

    0 Outlaw Political Parties - 2 days ago

  5. I think the best option is for people who can't pay their mortgage to have their house transferred into a social housing scheme, where they would pay a reasonable rent to the state and maybe gradually take ownership of the house. But I do agree, the banks should take some kind of hit.

    3 Debt forgiveness: When homes are repossessed, the homeloan should be cleared / written off - 2 days ago

  6. @Kim, do you have links to the research?

    0 Ending of cannabis prohibition to take money and control away from gangs and to regulate sales. - 2 days ago

  7. I would agree, but the point should be made that not all these estates are suitable for making new communities. This idea should coincide with work to build schools, shops and community centres so these estates are actual communities.

    3 put all people on the housing lists into all the empty housing estates on a fair rent to buy scheme - 3 days ago

  8. This would remove the economic incentive for criminal gangs, but we shouldn't presume it's safe. I'm open to correction, but I believe we don't have enough data to say that it's completely safe, so we can't just legalise it and forget about it. I think this needs a lot more research. I do believe prosecuting people for small amounts of possession is a waist of police resources, and the war on drugs doesn't work.

    0 Ending of cannabis prohibition to take money and control away from gangs and to regulate sales. - 3 days ago

2) Pursue economic development that serves people forum

Open ideas
  1. 23 votes
    3

    Invest in, and maximize job creation in a green economy

3) A more ambitious response to environmental challenges forum

Open ideas
  1. 3 votes
    3

    Support and expand gocar.ie

  2. 4 votes
    3

    Strategy for a green economy

  3. 19 votes
    3

    Implement a renewed sustainable development strategy

Recent Comments

  1. I disagree with this, we should have a more integrated transport system, but it needs to be funded, and making it free won't work.

    0 Make Public Transport Free - 3 days ago

4) Enhanced economic, social and cultural participation forum

Open ideas
  1. 3 votes
    3

    Explore ways of linking Ireland's low corperation tax with job creation

Recent Comments

  1. This was a typo, can someone delete it?

    0 Explore - 3 days ago

5) Public sector renewal forum

Open ideas
  1. 28 votes
    3

    Increase the tax take and broaden the tax base.

Recent Comments

  1. Totally agree with a financial transaction tax. This needs to be brought in internationality otherwise it won't work.

    We need to make sure property taxes work in the context of the current recession and negative equity. Also, what do you think of stamp duty?

    3 Increase the tax take and broaden the tax base. - 3 days ago

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