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Poblactach agus Lucht Oibre
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" Sinn Fein is a Republican Labour party. We put public need, before private greed "
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In line with its republican labour philosophy, Sinn Fein has a range of policies on making local government
more open, democratic, and accountable; transport; waste management; housing; drugs; health etc.
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Sinn Feins policy is one based on taxation justice. It includes measures such as creating an equitable
taxation system, removing the low paid from the tax net, no more cuts in corporation tax, and the harmonisation
of financial incentives and expenditure policies across Ireland. Sinn Fein wants to eliminate the economic
distortions and inefficiencies caused by partition.
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We want to see an end to the unjust two tier system of health service. And an end to the long waiting
lists for essential operations, proper facilities, and fair wages and working conditions for health workers.
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Sinn Fein wants to see a real effort put into solving the drugs crisis. This includes taking and keeping
the pushers off the streets, treating addicts and providing economic opportunities for communities where
drug misuse is at its worst.
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We want to see an end to local authority lists that condemns thousands of families to homelessness,
or the clutches of private landlords. This requires a serious programme of investment in public housing.
Rent control must be enforced in the private sector and tenants must have security of tenure.
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We strongly believe in the "polluter pays" principle of waste management, where the producer of waste
material takes responsibility for the cost of its disposal. We are opposed to environmentally damaging,
and short term solutions like incinerators.
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Sinn Fein supports the 3 R's of waste management.
REDUCE
REUSE
RECYCLE
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We favour an integrated transport system weighted towards public transport rather than the private car,
and the road dominated system that prevails, North and South, today. We are strongly in favour of greater
investment in public transport.
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Farming in Ireland is in crisis. There has been a collapse in produce prices, and across Ireland thousands
of farmers are leaving the land. We support the maintenance of the maximum amounts of families on the
land. Sinn Feins policies address the the immediate serious difficulties faced by Irish farmers, as well
as taking further steps to ensure the long term economic futures of rural families.
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Our approach to education is based on the key principles of equality, choice, accessibility and excellence,
and includes policies such as the development of an all-Ireland approach to education. We favour the
reduction of class sizes, and the provision of pre-school places for all of the children of the nation.
We support an increasing choice of parents to have their children schooled in the Irish language.
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There is an urgent need for action to eradicate the persistent economic and social inequality the current
policies have failed to address. We support the creation of Priority Action Zones in the six counties
and are campaigning for the sharing of wealth across the Irish society, including the establishment of
a fairer and more realistic minimum wage.
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