[FORUM Q&A] [DUBLIN SE] Put your questions to Dylan Haskins

one of your statements on your website you mention a creative investment fund, you state you wish to seek funding for this from the corporate social responsibility funds of the many large corporations based in the constituency and from international corporations who are here to take advantage of our corporation tax rate.


this seems like an idealistic plan that has not be reastically thought through, would you disagree?

if you disagree, how much would you envisage could be raised through targetting these corporations for money?

Best of luck, it is refreshing to see independents making a stand.

You say in your document that Registration fees for 3rd level need to be cut and that students should only pay what the actual cost of registering a student into a college is. So who pays the remainder? Our near bankrupt country or our heavily indebted 3rd level institutions?

As a young candidate, what's your stance on the issue of 3rd level fees?

You state that you want public sector pay negotiations in the Seanad. This effectively involves the press in negotiations. How do you refute the claim that private negotiations are a necessity in these types of negotiations, not simply to keep them secret but to maintain their integrity? How do you predict the press would effect the integrity of negotiatoins?

While running your public forum how will you combat the fact that most constituents problems are with other constituents and that by involving yourself so directly you will be forced to make an immediate decision and lose objectivity?

You advocate trimming the public seector, but fail to mention where and how (areas, figures, facts and reasons please)? Also, do you have a plan to re integrate the people whose jobs are gone back into the private sector? Do you have tax proposals? Which taxes would you alter to stimulate growth? Do you advocate increased taxes or cuts to spending? Is your decision ideologically motivated? How?

Advocating 'regular reviews of progress', basically stating that you want to reduce bureaucracy but also bring in some sort of target system? An indepenent body? If people don't meet the recquirements set by you or who you hire are they simply fired? Or trained? In the health service, would these targets be of the 'no. of patients treated' kind? How would you combat increased ineffieciency?

I realise you won't answer all of these questions. But if this thread stays as bare I would expect answers to the majority if them. Also, I expect numbers and percentages, not hopes and dreams. Please don't choose the easy ones, and please maintain integrity. For the record, I respect what you're doing, It's encouraging to see a young man get involved, whatever my opinion of your policies.

Thanks

(My p.ie username is HipPriest, just in case I'm accused of plagiarism)

What's your position on abortion?

Name three items of Budget 2011 that you would change, and exactly what your alternative would be.

Name three items of Budget 2011 that you wouldn't change and why. It's a large document, you'll find something.

If you could choose which Department you could be a Minister of, which Department and name three changes you would make there in the first 100 days. Consider you have a fixed budget so if you spend somewhere, you have to choose to cut/levy elsewhere.

Did you remember to hand in your application to get on the ballot?

Edit: Apparently so. Leaving it to the last minute like all the hip cats.

Ok we've had the Q.


Now wheres the A?