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Invest in Better This election offers a real choice. One option continues our current path. The same old ways of doing politics. Failing on our climate targets. Crisis after crisis caused by leaving health, housing and other public services to the market. The Social Democrats want to help move Ireland in a new direction. We […]

Alternative Budget 2024 Housing, children and climate action are the main focus of the Social Democrats’ Alternative Budget, ‘Unlocking the Future’, which is published today. The party’s key priorities for 2024 include: Deliver 10,000 affordable homes next year – a near doubling of the Government’s current target – and increase the renters’ tax credit to […]

Housing The Social Democrats want to transform our housing system to deliver high quality housing at an affordable cost to renters and to people buying their own home. We want to ensure that everyone in Ireland has a place to call home so they can live their life to its fullest potential. One of the […]

Honest Politics The Social Democrats want an end to ‘golden circle’ politics. We have a plan to open up government and improve accountability while also tackling corruption in politics and public life. Poorly designed systems of governance and accountability are at the heart of cost overruns involving massive amounts of public resources. This must change. […]

Disability People with disabilities are among those most at risk of poverty, social exclusion and unemployment and regularly face barriers to transport, housing, education and training. State supports, which should help disabled people lead full lives and reach their full potential, are fragmented and threadbare. Children with disabilities and their families must battle from the […]

Climate and Nature We have just seven years to stop the worst impacts of the climate crisis – seven years to do everything we can to avoid an irreversible climate catastrophe. The challenge is immense – and the government’s climate action plan doesn’t come close to meeting it. Even if every measure in the plan […]

Cost of Living Ireland is now the most expensive country in the EU for goods and services. Energy prices, in particular, are in the stratosphere – with consumers here paying nearly €1,000 more for electricity than the EU average. Prices for a range of goods and services are a whopping 46% higher in Ireland than […]

Health Healthcare should be equally accessible and free at the point of access, not dependant on your ability to pay. There is a plan to fix our broken health service and to achieve universal healthcare. It’s called Sláintecare, it has cross-party agreement, and the Social Democrats were the driving force behind its creation. The full […]