People Before Profit insists that we can, and must, do better.

Our Election Manifesto 2020 is inspired by hope for a fairer economy and a better society. The proposals we have laid out have been fully costed and rely on wealth and income distribution that targets the top 7% of the population.

If elected, our TD’s pledge to do the following.

• Make housing a human right: Propose a bill for proper rent controls and security of tenure; fight to stop the sell-off of public land; propose a national construction company to build affordable houses; hold a referendum to enshrine a right to housing in the constitution.
• End the two-tier health system: Fight for a national health service, free at the point of use, publicly owned and democratically run; hire more frontline staff; increase pay to cut hospital waiting lists.
• Take radical action for the climate – for people and planet: Fight for free public transport and more buses; provide proper grants to fund deep-retrofitting of houses.; stop the importation of fracked gas; create a just transition for workers and farmers; put a carbon tax on the big polluters, not on ordinary people.
• Provide a fair deal for the elderly: Restore the pension age to 65; increase the state pension to €260 a week; restore the transitional pension scheme.
• Create a living wage and job security: Fight to scrap Croke Park hours for public servants; insist on increasing the minimum wage to a living wage of €15 an hour; abolish USC tax for those under €90,000 and introduce a high-income charge for those over it.
• Guarantee 33 hours of free childcare per week: Cap fees at 3% of income and then move to a free service through a National Childcare Service.
• Education for lifelong learning: Fight to scrap third level fees; raise the SUSI grants and eligibility thresholds; insist on smaller class sizes in schools.
• Guarantee real equality for people with disabilities and special needs: Ensure public transport is accessible to all; hire more Special Needs Assistants; guarantee early assessment and intervention for autism and disabilities.
• Abolish unjust taxes and end rip off insurance: Fight to scrap the property tax on family homes; propose a publicly owned insurance company to cut costs.

People Before Profit want a 32-county socialist republic, which puts needs of people and the planet before the profits of the few. This manifesto is designed to move the country in this direction. We hope you will vote for change and support People Before Profit in your local area.