The main points of Sinn Féin's manifesto.
• Green Paper on Irish unity
• Referendum on Irish unity, "simultaneously, North and South"
• Medical cards for all under the poverty-line and all under-18s
• 3,000 extra hospital beds
• Department of Housing with a full minister
• 70,000 new social housing units by 2012 All new developments to allocate 30 per cent to social and affordable housing
• Pre-schooling for children aged three to five years
• Classes for children under nine reduced to a maximum of 20
• All-Ireland economic development plan
• Programme of public investment
• Expansion of all-Ireland rail network
• Keep those on or below the average industrial earnings within the standard rate tax band
• Close loopholes "that have allowed millionaires to pay no tax whatsoever"
• Repeal Offences Against the State Acts and dissolve the Special Criminal Court
• Ensure the "New Irish" have opportunity to learn Irish language
• Prohibit use of Irish airports for armed conflict by foreign powers
• Withdraw from EU Rapid Reaction Force, Battle Groups and Nato's Partnership for Peace