What policies would you like to see introduced in Ireland

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James Bond Junior wrote: »

A 2.4 diesel at 179g/km and 2.5 petrol at 215g/km. Hers is 115g/km. Hers are lower but isn't better for the environment to use a car until it isn't useable anymore rather than a continuous use of precious and environmentally damaging resources to produce a constant cycle of new cars?

yeah absolutely valid point but higher emissions cars still need to be taxed accordingly, no?

suicide_circus

Mr. teddywinkles wrote: »

Good luck getting people to work in these jobs so.

if welfare is simultaneously reduced they'll work them alright.

James Bond Junior

suicide_circus wrote: »

yeah absolutely valid point but higher emissions cars still need to be taxed accordingly, no?

I suppose so but not in such a punitive manner. My 2.4 diesel is effectively worthless due to age and tax rate but it is serviceable and driving fine yet I have to pay through the nose to use it. Reduce, reuse, recycle in action.

My 2.5 petrol is an appreciating classic which was driven less than 2k miles last year and only taxed for 3 months at €305. Had it been a flat rate of €500 for instance for the year I'd have paid it meaning the more tax take plus increased excise on fuel used.

Mr. teddywinkles

suicide_circus wrote: »

if welfare is simultaneously reduced they'll work them alright.

I've worked these jobs in the past. A lot of the time the work is harder than the better paid ones. I wouldn't work them if ya forced me to pay a massive chunk in tax. So no incentive really.
More onus on employers to provide proper full time employment for their employees. Not on going temp contracts.

Essien

Whether it's lower income taxes or lower social welfare spending, something that makes working worthwhile.


Public flogging for pseudo intellectual geebags who stick the word 'neo' in front of whatever word they use to describe people.

suicide_circus

Mr. teddywinkles wrote: »

I've worked these jobs in the past. A lot of the time the work is harder than the better paid ones. I wouldn't work them if ya forced me to pay a massive chunk in tax. So no incentive really.

no massive chunk necessary. just some. currently way too may workers paying no tax while the "squeezed middle" are...squeezed.

SoundsRight

1. Long term unemployed to made to work in the next available job, or else lose their benefits.

2. Stricter controls around disability benefits.

3. Stop and search powers for Gardai.

4. Shut down direct provision and expel illegal immigrants. Use this to house the homeless.

5. Jail the homeless who refuse to accept the above .

6. Skirts and high heels mandatory for women in the workplace.

7. Extra benefits to women who choose to put their family ahead of career.

8. Zero tolerance on drugs. Life for repeat offenders.

9. Hard labour for prisoners, men and women.

10. Irish citizens (by blood) given prority in hospital waiting lists.

markodaly

Let the victims of crime have a say in the punishment of convicted offenders. I would even let them flog them. It would save the state banging them up in prison for a few months and may act as a better deterrent.

PV solar panels on all new builds.

Ban one-off housing.

Ban stupid objections to critical pieces of infrastructure.

Cap welfare

Cap child benefit. Actually, get rid of child benefit and put the money into early years education.

corner of hells

SoundsRight wrote: »

1. Long term unemployed to made to work in the next available job, or else lose their benefits.

2. Stricter controls around disability benefits.

3. Stop and search powers for Gardai.

4. Shut down direct provision and expel illegal immigrants. Use this to house the homeless.

5. Jail the homeless who refuse to accept the above .

6. Skirts and high heels mandatory for women in the workplace.

7. Extra benefits to women who choose to put their family ahead of career.

8. Zero tolerance on drugs. Life for repeat offenders.

9. Hard labour for prisoners, men and women.

10. Irish citizens (by blood) given prority in hospital waiting lists.

Der Fuhrer would be fond of you.

James Bond Junior

A removal of the building height restrictions within our cities.

Only locals or property owners in an area can object to planning applications. Why should someone in Dublin decide what happens in rural Kerry, unless they actually will be affected.

dxhound2005

devlinio wrote: »

If you were a politician, what would you like to see introduced to make Ireland better?

• I'd like canbis legalised. If nothing else, a lot of tax revenue could be raised
• Reduction in plastic usage. I don't think anything is being to curtail plastic usage. I hate plastic, and the cronic waste. Especially when you go shopping for examples. Fruit does not need to be wrapped in plastic. We do not need 20 plastic bags to carry our shopping. I'd introduce a hefty plastic levy.
• Harsher penalites on animal cruelty, rape, and murder convitions. The punishments are laughable in this country.

What hours would you allow the cannabis shops to open? I know people could stock up for later use if the shops closed at 10 pm, but some people find it hard to cope with this system for alcohol shops.

Samuel T. Cogley

Full legalisation of cannabis coupled with a complete public smoking ban.

Abel Ruiz

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

A complete ban on Dublin accents.

Ahh here. Jaysus

El_Bee

I'd never thought I'd say this but some sort of drug legalization similar to Switzerland or Portugal, and as I've stated elsewhere Judges have a duty of care to society to keep us safe from violent criminals, yet when they are brought before them by they Gardai they are let go again and again, if I'm walking down the street and cracked over the head by a guy who had 80-100 conviction for similar offences I should be able to sue the Judges for allowing him to do so over and over.

Anesthetize

• Allow all hours licenses for bars and nightclubs
• No time restrictions on sale of alcohol from shops or off-licenses
• Harsher penalties/sentences for insurance fraud
• Strict regulations on one-off housing in rural areas
• Legalisation and regulation of cannabis

SoundsRight wrote: »

6. Skirts and high heels mandatory for women in the workplace.

And tight blouses, mmmmmmm

aloneforever99

devlinio wrote: »

If you were a politician, what would you like to see introduced to make Ireland better?

• I'd like canbis legalised. If nothing else, a lot of tax revenue could be raised
• Reduction in plastic usage. I don't think anything is being to curtail plastic usage. I hate plastic, and the cronic waste. Especially when you go shopping for examples. Fruit does not need to be wrapped in plastic. We do not need 20 plastic bags to carry our shopping. I'd introduce a hefty plastic levy.
• Harsher penalites on animal cruelty, rape, and murder convitions. The punishments are laughable in this country.

5c levy on every 50 bag.

Necro

Your Face wrote:

Abolish the Seanad.

They offered us the chance to do that already and we kept it

Necro

Samuel T. Cogley wrote:

Full legalisation of cannabis coupled with a complete public smoking ban.

:pac: How the F would that work? You'd have everyone going around mixing stuff into their yoghurts instead

Samuel T. Cogley

Necro wrote: »

:pac: How the F would that work? You'd have everyone going around mixing stuff into their yoghurts instead

Fine.

Ted Johnson

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

Holocaust denial should be made illegal like in some other European countries.

Introduce thought crime? No thanks.

I would like to see the death penalty brought in for murder, aggravated rape and child abuse.

Anesthetize

Ted Johnson wrote: »

I would like to see the death penalty brought in for murder, aggravated rape and child abuse.

I don't see any point in the death penalty. Just jail them for life and have them live with the guilt.

Harry Palmr

Nationalised Third Party motor insurance (works elsewhere)

Obligation to keep property facades clean and painted and in general good repair (towns and cities are blighted by ugly crumbling visuals)

On a related matter - use it or lose it ownership laws to prevent empty commercial and private properties falling into disrepair and becoming crack dens (or whatever!).

Proper domestic rates and the return of bin collections to the public sector.

Enforce all current rules and regulations.
Return refuse collection to county councils and increase LPT to cover it. LPT to be paid by householder rather than just owner.
Fund ONE homeless group, preferably by a state department only.
Refuse accommodation twice and you’re on your own.
Two strikes and you’re out. Be convicted of any two crimes and 6 month jail sentence for third, doubled for every subsequent conviction. Free legal aid once only.
Reduce Seanad by 75%.
Reduce TD’s by 25%.
Reduce county councilors by 50%.
Reform welfare payments.
Abolish children’s allowance and use money instead for free books. Tax free allowance for every school going child.
Free medical care for all.
Scrap college grants and introduce a loan scheme, to be paid back once in employment.

loalae

Increase paternity leave. Preferably a similar policy to Norway where a couple can share 18 months of leave but the father needs to take at least 6 months.

Necro

Necro wrote: »

They offered us the chance to do that already and we kept it

They didn’t give us the option of reforming the Seanad. This would have been most people’s preference.

mahamageehad

I'd like to see more environmental policies that don't focus on just taxing people's wages. For example in Germany and a few other European countries there's a deposit on plastic bottles of 25c which you get back when you recycle the bottle. There are bottle recycling machines in every supermarket. Same applies to many glass bottles, beer crates etc.

It's also become a trend in local supermarkets to sell these super lightweight bags for people to reuse for their fruit and veg instead of plastic ones. Most recently I believe plastic bags have been made completely illegal here (dunno if that's all of Germany or my corner) - shops offer boxes, fabric bags or paper bags instead. I'd like to see a move towards that - even just paper bags - for fresh produce, there's no need to wrap cucumbers or apples in plastic.

Health needs to be gutted and rebuilt with a focus on cost efficiency and preventative care. I know people who won't bring their kid to the doctor because they can't afford the charge and wait til the child is very sick before doing anything.

There's protests going on in Berlin at the moment about landlords hoarding property - I do think that houses that are left fall into complete disrepair or abandoned should be able to be reclaimed by the state after a few years. No-one should have the ability to have 10s of houses or apartments sitting there empty.

We need to start taxing corporations better. Alone we cannot do this as it makes us uncompetitive but if all of the EU banded together maybe that'd be a start. The likes of google, facebook etc. - what do they really do for the country? They bring some jobs sure, but how many of these are locals and how many are specialists from afar? They pay almost no tax and directly contribute to the housing mess in Dublin.

Separate church and education for public schools. Introduce a church tax.

dxhound2005

Deleted User wrote: »

They didn’t give us the option of reforming the Seanad. This would have been most people’s preference.

What would the question be? I think most people's preference is that they don't care. Judging from the fact that 60% of the electorate did not even bother to vote in the referendum.

There has been ample opportunity given for reform, without having to go to a referendum. 13 different reports over the years.

https://assets.gov.ie/5245/211218143426-25949b1b57ce47d5aff3eb83402fb99e.pdf

dxhound2005

dxhound2005 wrote: »

What would the question be? I think most people's preference is that they don't care. Judging from the fact that 60% of the electorate did not even bother to vote in the referendum.

There has been ample opportunity given for reform, without having to go to a referendum. 13 different reports over the years.

https://assets.gov.ie/5245/211218143426-25949b1b57ce47d5aff3eb83402fb99e.pdf

I think that the low turnout was because the preferred option wasn’t given.

Wibbs

corner of hells wrote: »

Der Fuhrer would be fond of you.

Funny enough Der Fuhrer created extra social welfare and expanded existing social welfare policies.

Skylinehead

Wibbs wrote: »

Funny enough Der Fuhrer created extra social welfare and expanded existing social welfare policies.

What about skirts though?

OldMrBrennan83

The skirts aren't even as hitlery than the poster after them that wanted one off housing banned.

Ted Johnson

Anesthetize wrote: »

I don't see any point in the death penalty. Just jail them for life and have them live with the guilt.

Yeah if we can't hang them, leave them in jail to rot. But how often does that happen?

Look at Gerald Barry in Galway. He's serving 3 life sentences for rape and murder but those are concurrent sentences. He could be out in a few years.

Ireland is a clown country when it comes to justice.

Samuel T. Cogley

Oh yes, death penalty for driving in the middle or outside lane. 20 years hard labour for a failure to indicate.

Necro

Ted Johnson wrote: »

Yeah if we can't hang them, leave them in jail to rot. But how often does that happen?

Look at Gerald Barry in Galway. He's serving 3 life sentences for rape and murder but those are concurrent sentences. He could be out in a few years.

Ireland is a clown country when it comes to justice.

Well half the problem is that a 'life' sentence winds up being 12-15 years here. Life should mean life, end of.

Giveaway

Five euro charge on every encounter that requires a medical card. What's free is never appreciated and oft abused.

Ted Johnson

Necro wrote: »

Well half the problem is that a 'life' sentence winds up being 12-15 years here. Life should mean life, end of.

Absolutely.

Capt'n Midnight

James Bond Junior wrote: »

A 2.4 diesel at 179g/km and 2.5 petrol at 215g/km. Hers is 115g/km. Hers are lower but isn't better for the environment to use a car until it isn't useable anymore rather than a continuous use of precious and environmentally damaging resources to produce a constant cycle of new cars?

For you the 2.4 diesel uses 100g/km more , 10,000Km per tonne (for someone with a 1.4 or 1.6 it would take longer to get to a tonne)
170,000km to break even on the energy needed to make a Ford Mondeo. And only if the Ford isn't changed before then.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/sep/23/carbon-footprint-new-car

The carbon footprint of a new car:
6 tonnes CO2e: Citroen C1, basic spec
17 tonnes CO2e: Ford Mondeo, medium spec
35 tonnes CO2e: Land Rover Discovery, top of the range
...
the gas and electricity used by the auto industry itself, including all the component manufacturers as well as the assembly plant, accounts for less than 12% of the total. The rest is spread across everything from metal extraction (33%), rubber manufacture (3%) and the manufacture of tools and machines (5%) through to business travel and stationary for car company employees.

Jurgen Klopp

Forcing dole heads into community work like "caring for the elderly" or "the next job their offered" no thanks

In the care sector which is short carers we have certain employment "agencies" who essentially hassle both native and imported work shy types into these roles and they don't turn up to clients leaving them alone, sit in their cars outside the clients house and log in via their app until a manager drives up and catches them or another carer/family member records them

Don't start on the amount of fcuks that call in and sit on their phone and don't do anything on teh care plan which can often be serious stuff like washing and preparing meals

Just no fcuking thanks I'm sick of seeing scobes like Decco and Chantelle or people from certain nations whove only come here for the lazy life coming in for a few weeks, upsetting patients, families and the good carers and management in organisations and having to be sacked cause they were forced or hassled into teh job

Anesthetize

Ted Johnson wrote: »

Yeah if we can't hang them, leave them in jail to rot. But how often does that happen?

Look at Gerald Barry in Galway. He's serving 3 life sentences for rape and murder but those are concurrent sentences. He could be out in a few years.

Ireland is a clown country when it comes to justice.

That's a different problem. We need to make life sentences, life sentences. No letting people out on conditions.

Ubbquittious

Repopulation of the offshore islands. Renovate or rebuild the houses in the old style, encourage people to move there and set up businesses

hurler32

social welfare benefits capped at 60,000 per family .

Necro

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Repopulation of the offshore islands. Renovate or rebuild the houses in the old style, encourage people to move there and set up businesses

Sure we'll build land bridges to them while we're at it too :pac:

Thingymebob

Jurgen Klopp wrote: »

Forcing dole heads into community work like "caring for the elderly" or "the next job their offered" no thanks

Just no fcuking thanks I'm sick of seeing scobes like Decco and Chantelle or people from certain nations whove only come here for the lazy life coming in for a few weeks, upsetting patients, families and the good carers and management in organisations and having to be sacked cause they were forced or hassled into teh job

I’d restrict them to jobs with limited damage potential, like litter picking in parks or planting etc I’m not suggesting they take the jobs of those already employed, but add to their limited resources.

Anesthetize wrote: »

I don't see any point in the death penalty. Just jail them for life and have them live with the guilt.

I can - bloody well paying for them to continue breathing. At least if they’re dead, it’s one less body taking up space in jail or incurring costs.

I’d like to add to add repossessions. If you’re not paying your full mortgage payments for six months, you’re automatically notified of repossession. It’ll give you three months to catch up on all outstanding payments. If it at nine months, your mortgage is not up to date, you leave. None of this flaffing about for six years. Equally any complaint to the bank must be solved within 21 days, and all evidence requested by mortgage holders provided. The mortgage holder can bring it to the banking ombudsman within 30 days, and a ruling within 21 days. Failure by the bank to provide any requested evidence and/or a resolution will incur a fine of 5% of the debt.

Drugs: cannabis legalise but driving under the influence is automatic 1 year prison sentence. Any other hard drugs, possession is automatic 2 years prison sentence.

I’d love for someone to come up with a policy that genuinely encourages businesses to set up or operate outside of Dublin. Ireland revolves around Dublin too much, and everyone needs to benefit from the recovery

brightspark

devlinio wrote: »

I agree with this. There needs to be more tax bands to cater for different amounts of incomes. 40% on everything over everything is sick.

I don't agree with USC on principle. But that way of income taxation should replace the current income tax band.

At one time it was 65% tax and also some PRSI

Anesthetize

Thingymebob wrote: »

I can - bloody well paying for them to continue breathing. At least if they’re dead, it’s one less body taking up space in jail or incurring costs.

Just kill them yourself then, and save the tax-payer money.

Necro

The sale of Nissan Micras to be outlawed and anyone found to be driving one after a three month amnesty to be publically flogged.

Anyone found to be driving 20km/h UNDER the speed limit on National primary routes or motorways to have their cars seized and crushed.

Tailgaters to be shot on sight or at a location nominated by the affected person.

RiderOnTheStorm

Get rid of road tax for cars. Double the price of fuel to compensate. The more you drive, the more you pay. The less efficient your car, the more you pay. If you just go to mosque / shops / bingo once a week, then you pay almost nothing annually. Its road tax on the pay-as-you-go system.

Get rid of PAYE. Increase VAT. The more you spend, the more tax you contribute. Works fine in UAE, Monte Carlo, etc

Ban smoking for everyone, except tourists and those over 70. The health system will fix itself in a few years (as the majority of patients have smoking related illnesses) so loss of duty income from sales will be offset by reduced cost of HSE.

Annual Purge .... Just for the lols

Drivers Ed for school kids

First Aid for school kids

Politicians get paid average industrial wage. If they want more, they have to improve everyones wage. And they can only gave 1 pension. If they are entitled to 2, they get to choose, but they cant have both.

Bonnet mounted paint ball machine guns. lols x 2!

Wibbs

Necro wrote: »

The sale of Nissan Micras to be outlawed and anyone found to be driving one after a three month amnesty to be publically flogged.

And the first series Nissan Leaf and the Skoda Roomster(designed by Stevie Wonder. On high powered blotter acid)

Tailgaters to be shot on sight or at a location nominated by the affected person.

The WW2 German Stuka should show us the way with a gunner at the back...

A thanks button in The Cuckoos Nest

Or World Peace- whatever is more convenient.

Necro

Argh that phrase road tax makes my eye twitch...