Ardfheis promises

Main election pledges

Main election pledges

A cut in the standard rate of income tax from 20 to 18 per cent.

A cut in the top rate from 41 to 40 per cent.

Indexation of tax credits and bands in line with pay increases and a doubling of the home carer tax credit.

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Halving of PRSI for employees from 4 to 2 per cent.

A reduction of self-employed PRSI from 3 to 2 per cent.

The abolition of the income ceiling for PRSI payments which currently stands at €49,000.

An increase in the old age pension from €200 to €300 a week;

An additional 2,000 gardaí;

Free health screening check for all and 24-hour GP cover.

An extra 1,500 public-only hospital beds and a doubling of the number of consultants to 4,000;

Children who need occupational or speech therapy not to wait more than three months;

4,000 new primary school teachers;

The joining of the Luas lines and the building of the metro north from St Stephen's Green in Dublin to Swords via the airport.