Dublin South East

CoyleJames

I'm James Coyle, Independent candidate for Dublin South East.

I'm creating this thread to explain my polices and to create debate and discussion.

I'm pro business, I want to cut business rates in half to help support the many struggling businesses in my constituency. I also want to reduce rates for businesses and reduce employers PRSI, we need to give credit to businesses and give them extra time to pay taxes.

Check out my campaign video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asv4HuRrqW0

Best
James Coyle
www.jamescoyle.ie

upmeath

Got your flyer this morning, I'm not a voter in Dublin SE, student living away from home in this constituency. The flyer mentions Free Evening & Weekend City Parking, Lower Business Rates... are those local issues not something that could be better addressed by running for a seat on Dublin City Council instead of Dáil Éireann? DCC establishes rates and parking policy.

CoyleJames

Yes we can cut business rates and still have good services in Dublin South East.

Here's a rate cutting success story from the UK.

This year, for the fourth successive year, we have reduced your council tax by 3%.
Our share of the Band D council tax is £811.78 which is £25 cheaper than last year and
£105 cheaper than 2006. This is the fourth lowest council tax in London.


We want the best possible services for the lowest possible cost. We are cutting your bill
while putting more police officers on the streets in town centres. We are making our
streets cleaner, improving refuse and recycling collections and improving your parks.

Some people make the mistake in thinking that cutting council tax must result in cutting
services. It does not. Our savings come from introducing competition to council services,
selling assets that we no longer need, improving staff productivity and cutting waste
and bureaucracy.

While cutting your bill, we are also cutting the council’s historic debt. It is just like a large
credit card bill. We have managed to reduce that debt in four years by £24 million saving
our taxpayers £2.9 million a year in borrowing costs.

Residents expect and deserve value for money. We will go on doing everything possible
to deliver first class services while keeping your council tax affordable.

Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh
H&F Council Leader


WE CAN CUT RATES AND KEEP SERVICES AND BUSINESSES AFLOAT.

Best wishes
James Coyle

upmeath

Looks like a copy-and-paste job. Did you read my questions as to why you're contesting a Dáil seat, or were you looking for any response at all so that you could begin the CTRL+Vfest?

CoyleJames

Hi,

I want to put pressure on the council to be more creative with parking in Dublin.

Free weekend parking in the city at weekends for all, to encourage more visitors into the city to shop etc.

Also I believe we can be creative with selected streets and allow free parking at certain time, i.e. over night.

If I become a TD I will put pressure on the council and government to look at this issue.

How come many Dublin city streets are empty overnight but have a 24 parking charge. Does not make sense to me!

Offside

CoyleJames wrote: »

Hi,

I want to put pressure on the council to be more creative with parking in Dublin.

Free weekend parking in the city at weekends for all, to encourage more visitors into the city to shop etc.

Also I believe we can be creative with selected streets and allow free parking at certain time, i.e. over night.

If I become a TD I will put pressure on the council and government to look at this issue.

How come many Dublin city streets are empty overnight but have a 24 parking charge. Does not make sense to me!

It's not your job as a TD to put pressure on the councils, run for the council if you want to concentrate on these local issues - sounds like attempted populism to me!

CoyleJames

It's my job to follow my polices to the full and try and make life easier for the people of Dublin South East. That includes parking issues. As an Independent I can use my influence to pressurize the government and the council too. That's what politics is about, using your public powers to improve life's of the people.

upmeath

Offside wrote: »

Run for the council if you want to concentrate on these local issues - sounds like attempted populism to me!

+1 These are council issues. Mr Coyle your flyer mentions a reduction of government... I suggest you run for local government rather than trying to change how it works by running for national government. The only way a TD can effect change to how the DCC operates is by becoming MINISTER for Environment, Heritage and LOCAL GOVERNMENT. By campaigning on the basis that you're going to change the workings of the DCC, you're saying you're looking to become that minister in the next cabinet. Good luck with that, let me know how it goes. And I don't think any responsible Minister for EHLG would encourage or condone free city centre parking in the evenings or weekends any more as we're trying to reduce car use by urban dwellers, not put people back into cars.

Concerned Voter

I think we need more candidates like James Coyle, concerned about SME's and how we're going to get our country out of the mess it's in. We need accountants with business experience, and entrepreneurial skills. Simple ideas can work! Like cut out parking fees, cut out big fat pensions and quangos. And make our TD's have realistic salaries. I also believe that all candidates should have to furnish up to date tax clearance certificates.

Power to the People

The last thing we need are these lackeys of the rich grinding down the working people of Ireland. In his €200 shirt and mohair suit he is a living example of Paudeen grubbing in the greasy till.

Concerned Voter

Go back to North Korea you pinko maniac.

Newaglish

As a member of the national parliament, responsible for drafting government policy and enacting the relevant legislation, I'd be grateful if you could outline what kind of legislation you would want to put in place with regard to cutting council rates and reducing the cost of parking.

It might sound like a strange thing to legislate for, as it's the job of the city council who can quite easily change these things, but given that you're running as a TD rather than a city councillor (which appears to be much more appropriate given what you've written here so far) I'm presuming you have some sort of novel approach to the situation.

Or is it that you don't understand the difference between a TD and councillor? Bar the paycheck of course.

upmeath

Concerned Voter wrote: »

Go back to North Korea you pinko maniac.

Concerned Voter, what a fine choice of username. A lot of thought put in there no doubt. You joined boards today, and so far you've made 2 posts, both on this thread. You've some neck to be telling established boards members to go back to North Korea? Proxy profile of OP methinks.

liveline

I agree that parking is an issue but as has been said before, this is more an issue that can be dealt with at local government level. One of the things I like about Dublin South East is that voters aren't obsessed by local politics.

doopa

CoyleJames wrote: »

Free weekend parking in the city at weekends for all, to encourage more visitors into the city to shop etc.

Also I believe we can be creative with selected streets and allow free parking at certain time, i.e. over night.

How come many Dublin city streets are empty overnight but have a 24 parking charge. Does not make sense to me!

How many Dublin city streets are empty overnight? Any numbers to back up the idea that creative ideas around parking would solve/alleviate the bottlenecks?

How about asking why do we need so many cars in the largest metropolitan area in the country? Why not try to get the number of cars in Dublin to under 50% of households - that would free up more parking spaces. This should be more feasible in the inner-city where people should be able to rely on decent public transport infrastructure.

MadsL

James - from your website

These are some of the luxuries we can no longer afford
* Translating everything into Irish
* Overseas Aid
* The Heritage Council
* The Data Protection Act
* The Equality Agency
* The Senate
* Junior ministers
* Special advisors
* National Employment Rights Agency
* ESRI
* NESC
* Pool state cars
* Comreg
* National Consumer Agency
* Property Services Regulatory Authority
* Decentralisation
* Competition Authority

So if you get elected who will protect our culture, heritage, personal data, rights to be treated equally regardless of the 9 grounds age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation etc. Who protect our rights not to be exploited as workers? Who will ensure business is conducted fairly. Who will ensure that key infrastructure is regulated?

It strikes me that you are one of these who yearn for 'business' without regulation. We all know what happens when the regulators fail, and yet you propose to be rid of them altogether?? Are you for real?

liveline

MadsL wrote: »

James - from your website

These are some of the luxuries we can no longer afford
* Translating everything into Irish
QUOTE]

Well there's something I agree with anyway. Its a disgrace we waste public money in this way. I've never met anyone that is fluent in Irish but can't speak English.

RandolphEsq

Sorry OP but your concerns are too local for me, I'm out

CoyleJames

Car share is also a great idea, reduce traffic, reduce petrol costs and if their was an incentive like reduced tax for a car share owner.

CoyleJames

I don't yearn for business without regulation.

I just want to protect the struggling businesses we have at this time and I want them to keep their staff and to stay afloat.

In these times it is vital we protect our economy!

What's important to you? Keeping your private sector job? or saving our culture?

Difficult choices, difficult times!


So if you get elected who will protect our culture, heritage, personal data, rights to be treated equally regardless of the 9 grounds age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation etc. Who protect our rights not to be exploited as workers? Who will ensure business is conducted fairly. Who will ensure that key infrastructure is regulated?

It strikes me that you are one of these who yearn for 'business' without regulation. We all know what happens when the regulators fail, and yet you propose to be rid of them altogether?? Are you for real?

steelcityblues

Change the thread title please, James!

MadsL

I don't yearn for business without regulation.

I just want to protect the struggling businesses we have at this time and I want them to keep their staff and to stay afloat.

In these times it is vital we protect our economy!

What's important to you? Keeping your private sector job? or saving our culture?

A number of businesses seem to be using recession as an excuse to cut staff wages (often illegally) and trample on workers rights - or cut staff and employ from the live register because they get incentives to do so. Are you talking about businesses rights over the rights of their staff? If so, who will protect the rights of the staff? With your abolition of the organisations charged with protection, who does the staff member turn to?

00112984

James, I'm a resident of Dublin South East with no ties to any political party and I don't want free parking in this city or businesses without regulation. I want a government made up of representatives who are championing Ireland, not Dublin (or Cork, or Kenmare etc.). I want TDs who can legislate for the good of the country and not ridiculous parish pump policies that have their roots in cronyism and are a big reason why this country is in the state it is in.

Also, your policies on Dalkey Heritage Centre and Dún Laoghaire Baths are in total opposition to your thought on the abolition of The Heritage Council, surely?

Chucky the tree

CoyleJames wrote: »

I don't yearn for business without regulation.

I just want to protect the struggling businesses we have at this time and I want them to keep their staff and to stay afloat.

In these times it is vital we protect our economy!

What's important to you? Keeping your private sector job? or saving our culture?

Difficult choices, difficult times!


So if you get elected who will protect our culture, heritage, personal data, rights to be treated equally regardless of the 9 grounds age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation etc. Who protect our rights not to be exploited as workers? Who will ensure business is conducted fairly. Who will ensure that key infrastructure is regulated?

It strikes me that you are one of these who yearn for 'business' without regulation. We all know what happens when the regulators fail, and yet you propose to be rid of them altogether?? Are you for real?

What about consumers rights? No interest in protecting those?