Polls open in the general election on Friday, but have you decided which party will get your vote?
If not, you can read the manifesto of each of the main parties on this page, to see where they stand on the most important issues to you.
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A manifesto is the list of pledges parties make to voters, explaining what they would do if elected.
Some of the headline promises made by the main parties include:
- Fine Gael wants to cut taxes by €7 billion and establish a savings account for every newborn in Ireland, which will have a State contribution of €1,000.
- Fianna Fáil has pledged to reform health services and cut waiting times for patients, accelerate home building and decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use.
- Sinn Féin wants to deliver a mini-budget in its first 100 days of government and “real” cost-of-living measures.
- The Social Democrats pledge the delivery of 50,000 affordable homes in the lifespan of the next government and the full implementation of the Sláintecare healthcare reforms.
- Labour has proposed that parents would be able to take a full year of parental leave, as well as introducing pay-related maternity benefit.
- The Green Party has pledged to spend €10 billion on public transport, impose a tax on business class flights and private jets, and create a State-led childcare system.
- People Before Profit has called for the foundation of a State construction company to build 30,000 social and 5,000 affordable housing units per year, financed through the Apple back taxes.
- Independent Ireland wants to a make new independent oversight body – recruited from the private sector – to “tackle Government waste, radically improve efficiency and deliver accountability”.
- Aontú pledges to tackle waste in public spending and create a new agency for “border control, processing of applications and enforcement”.
The full version of each manifesto can be viewed below to compare where the parties stand on the key issues.
