What policies would you like to see introduced in Ireland

- Legalize all drugs under the following conditions; a) The complete legalisation of cannabis; b) The drugs would have to be produced here, and be co-developed with a "cure" if possible so we know exactly what's going into the drugs; c) The drugs could only be sold in licensed establishments where staff are trained in disposing needles, safely preparing drugs, correct amounts, 5/6 defibs on the premises; d) Any drugs seized in public by Gardaí that amounts to a personal amount are simply seized and destroyed and the person let home; e) Any person found to have significant illegal amounts of drugs for supply be subject to large and fines and serious imprisonment terms. Tax all use, use tax for treatments centres.

- Legalize prostitution. Tax it, ensure that those involved have mandatory STI tests and customers be checked previous to coitus by a trained on-sight nurse.

- All housing is to be organised by local county councils only, no developers (they can apply for tender on some projects). Introduce rent to buy schemes, whereby people who rent houses/flats from the councils can use what they've already paid in rent over the years as a base for buying the house (eventually the house is sold and the council get their money or a small profit). If the couple/person wishes to sell the council built house, the council gets first preference to buy it back for social housing.

- Every social welfare payment / all personal taxation is means tested. The more money you have the more tax you pay/less social welfare received.

- Introduce €2500/€2000/€1500tax credits for every child you have per household, depending on your total income (less income, higher child credits). People will be spending money on their children anyway, so the government is either going to get money through taxation or VAT.

- 3 tier social Welfare system. €100 a week basic unemployment after 6 months or when stamps run out. €175 a week for newly unemployed. €250 a week for long term unemployed (more than 6 months), but have to work 20 hours a week for a local authority (cleaning up streets, schools, hospitals, tidy towns committee's).

dxhound2005 wrote: »

If your review of spending is meant to reduce it significantly, you will have to concentrate on the big three, welfare, health and education. Everything else is very small in comparison. And in health and education you will have to reduce the workforce or reduce wages to make any serious impact.

True, but wasting millions because it's small beans out of a budget of billions is a piss poor excuse for doing so imho.

Sure, the millions we could save by abolishing Childrens Allowance, or better use of shared services in IT, or cutting out pointless advertising campaigns isn't going to reduce the national debt. Every million saved though could be better allocated: a saving of a million euro a year would cover the employment costs of almost 20 nurses, gardaí or teachers for example. Small incremental improvements can mount up to big impacts on overall performance.

Teddy Daniels wrote: »

Cannabis is not a magic safe drug it’s probably more dangerous than morphine or diamorphine. Why do you think the should be legal but opiates two years.

In what way is it more dangerous than morphine or diamorphine do you mind me asking? The addictive properties of opioids alone make them far more dangerous than cannabis

Chaim Skinny Stubbornness wrote: »

99% tax rate for "investors". If you're speculating on stocks, houses or whatever you can fk off. This includes "tax wrappers" like pensions.

State ownership of vital resources like hospitals, transport, telecoms and electricity.

Pay deductions for TDs based on how many unemployed or people in poverty there are in their constitency. They'll sort things out fast enough once their pocket is hit...

Radical overhaul of the Gardai. Pretty much phase out all the current leaders.

BUT IF FIANNA FAIL HADN'T SOLD EIRCOM WE WOULD ALL HAVE 1G BB BY NOW

Policies to make things easier for transgender men and women

Have sign language taught in every school in the land.

Not only would this be very helpful for the deaf community, but it'd be bloody awesome to be able to communicate easily in noisy environments (pubs/clubs/noisy workplaces etc) or at a distance. Great too (in the future) for elderly with impaired hearing.

Irish should be taught 90% of the time in a conversational manner.

Replace handshakes with high fives.

Replace high fives with thumbs up.

Replace thumbs up with handshakes.

Legalise weed.

Everytime you want to buy a new phone you have to do do naked wrestling with the cashier for 3 rounds. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, you'll still get your new phone.

Build as many houses/apartments in urban areas as possible.

Summer camps for children during the whole of the school holidays.

Shopping in a supermarket will require you to wear a top hat. No top hat, no supermarket shopping.

Old people will be required to cross dress ever Wednesday. All old men in dresses, all old women in slacks.

Feminism should be put on the same shelf as Nazism.

If someone walks past you with a dog you are obligated to leave one loud barking noise out.

The President should be elected every 5 years.

We should have a better way to honour Irish citizens that do extraordinary things.

Diet Coke and Diet Fanta should be illegal.

There should be more Mexican food restaurants. So a policy of importing a few thousand Mexican's should be on the national agenda.

Irish people should eat more fish and less meat.

A special group that looks for ways to exploit our EEZ. It's 5 times bigger than the country.

Incorporating Derry, Newry and parts of Fermanagh into the Republic.

More sustainable energy projects are needed.

A ban on people posting really long messages on public internet forums. No one cares 'that much' about what you think or what you have to say. Oh...

Nationwide curfew 9pm for under 16's, 10pm for under 18's.

The top pension any public or civil servant or politician can get is the average industrial wage. If you want a bigger pension than that pay for it yourself.

All employees get the same % pay rise as the person running the company.

No person to be hired as a national school teacher if they can't pronounce TH, if you didn't know maths you wouldn't be hired, why should you be if you don't know English.

Giveaway wrote: »

there is tsunami of waste in healthcare. if it is free it will not be appreciated and abused. Ireland(for medical cards) and the NHS UK are fairly unique with regards no upfront payment. For example for all medical encounters in Germany, 5 euro upfront. France and spain have partial payments upfront with later refund by the state

I think there is a nominal prescription charge for medical card holders and the countries you cited dont have waiting lists of 28 months for childrens eye surgery and 500,000 patients waiting to see a consultant. Most of the conditions of these people waiting will get more serious thus costing more to the health system in the long term. I strongly believe that health care should be the priority in any state and of course reduce any waste where possible. Most other posters considered justice and welfare reform as their priorities, fair enough. My proposal is mandatory and free if you participate and would reduce crime and welfare dependency as citizens mental health and well-being would be addressed quickly.

It is all about preventative medicine - somewhat similar to the Cuban system. If you don't engage and attend your check ups then you pay. Although it is somewhat of a utopian ideolgy, I give you that!

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

NO NO NO.


Fist bumps are far more hygienic.

Especially when you meet someone wearing an antivaxx badge, not that you'll see it though the hazmat suit they'll be forced to wear

Who's to say you can't get sh*t on your fist?

Firblog wrote: »

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No person to be hired as a national school teacher if they can't pronounce TH, if you didn't know maths you wouldn't be hired, why should you be if you don't know English.

Lads.... take out yizzer books will yiz