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Final Manifesto Magazine - 180407 Summary of PD Manifesto Full manifesto available at www.progressivedemocrats.ie Welcome Our country has made remarkable progress in the past ten years. Over two million people at work, virtual full employment, an end to enforced emigration and the prospect of lasting peace in Northern Ireland. This is progress many of us could not have dreamt of. This did not happen by accident. It is the fruit While there has been some focus on job losses of your hard work. It is also the fruit of good, recently, it is important to note that new job experienced, steady government. gains continue to exceed job losses by a substantial margin. This position will Our economic growth has provided the resources continue only as long as our country continues to make unprecedented investment in essential to be both a magnet for inward investment and public services such as health, education and in a place where Irish businesspeople can invest our infrastructure. This investment has improved with confidence. both Ireland’s competitiveness and the quality of life that Irish families now enjoy. I invite you to consider our proposals for continued prosperity and progress and to The prosperity that brought this dramatic change support the return of the Progressive Democrats was unleashed by the policies of low taxes, to government, by voting Number One for our competition and investment in innovation and candidate in your constituency. enterprise that the Progressive Democrats championed in government. Although we have achieved much success, we Michael McDowell, td still face major challenges. Above all, we face the Party Leader challenge of ensuring that we continue to Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, develop in an environmentally safe way – yet in a Equality and Law Reform way that continues to meet the economic needs and expectations of our growing population. contents 7 Tough on Crime 13 Supporting Rural Life 17 Cherishing our Culture Published by 8 Fairer Stamp Duty 14 Transport and and Language Zahra Publishing Ltd. 3 Helping Families 10 Better Healthcare Infrastructure 18 Our Candidates 19 Railway Road, Dalkey, Co.Dublin. 4 Lower Taxes 12 Protecting Our 16 Educating for Success 19 What have the PDs ever T (01) 235 1408 6 Rewarding Pensioners Environment done for me? E [email protected] PAGE 2 | WWW.PROGRESSIVEDEMOCRATS.IE “Making sure our children are safe and well-provided for is a special task for society. When it comes to the welfare of our young people, the Progressive Democrats take our responsibility in government really seriously. That is why we will invest €12 billion to provide childcare services, child protection and recreational facilities for our children”. Key Progressive Democrats proposals: 1 Increase the children under-6 payment from Helping Families €1,000 to at least €2,000 per year. 2 Provide an extra 50,000 new childcare places In our rapidly changing Ireland, one truly Participation in sport is by 2010. central to the health and welcome change has been for our children. There well-being of our children has been a massive reduction in poverty in this 3 Make schools accessible to students outside and the nation. country in the past decade with at least 250,000 normal school hours to help commuting parents. people lifted out of deprivation. Some 100,000 of 4 Provide one year’s free community based these were children. pre-school initially for children from low-income families, and extending it to all The economic and social policies spearheaded by children over time. the Progressive Democrats have helped deliver a large increase in employment and large increases in the 5 Deliver social housing for 60,000 new households. level of social welfare payments, particularly in recent Our Sports Policy is aimed at years. The increase in employment has led to 6 Increase child benefit payments to address any encouraging and facilitating increased demands on our time – particularly for rising cost of living. increased participation and those with children. access to sport and physical activity by providing commu- 7 Create a new Child Protection Unit for all issues nity-based, multi-faceted We recognise that balancing family and work related to child welfare in our education system. sports facilities at local level. commitments is a real challenge in modern society, Guarantee a joint-organisational response to child We will deliver more local and we know how important it is to spend quality welfare cases and ensure that every school swimming pools, and a new time as a family, to share together in everything that produces a localised, school-specific anti-bullying network of community sports our new Ireland has to offer. Here we present just a programme – every year. complexes across the country. To further help our young few of our ideas to make sure Irish families and people, we will provide children have what they need to prosper together in 8 Invest €60 million in the National Children’s funding to encourage the the new Ireland. Strategy to advance the interests and well-being establishment of more youth of our children. cafés nationwide, and create a corps of professional trainers to co-ordinate voluntary youth activities in communities. DON’ T THROW IT ALL AWAY | PAGE 3 “Over the past 20 years, only when the Progressive Democrats were in government have we seen major reductions in the tax burden. Low taxes on hard-working families and enterprise have always been at the heart of our policy. Not only because this is fair, but because it creates the economic dynamism that enables us to meet our social priorities.” Put the PDs in the next government, and we will: 1 Reduce the standard rate of income tax to 18% and Lower Taxes the higher rate of income tax to 38%. Since we returned to office in 1997, the standard tax rate has been reduced from 2 Ensure that a couple, both earning, can earn at 26% to 20% and the top rate from 48% to 41%. At the same time, tax credits least up to €100,000 and a single worker can earn at least €50,000 and still only pay tax at the that favour the lower paid were introduced and the level of income at which standard rate. people face the top rate of tax increased dramatically. As a result, today: 3 Ensure that no income tax is payable by couples • Nobody earning the minimum wage pays income tax. earning at least up to €40,000 and single persons • A single person on average earnings pays only 9% earning up to at least €20,000. of their salary in tax, as against 22% in 1997. q&a • The top 1% of income earners pays over 20% of the 4 Ensure no new taxes or levies on employment. total income tax take. 5 Maintain the Corporation Tax rate at 12.5% and question I am wor- This has resulted in a level of economic activity that the Capital Gains Tax rate at 20%. ried about increasing has generated sufficient revenue to enable us to invest job losses in the substantial resources in critical areas such as health, multinational sector. education, poverty reduction and infrastructure. It None of us wants to return to an era of spendthrift What will the PDs do? has also allowed us to almost halve the National Debt politics where our children’s long-term future is at answer The Progressive from 64% to 23% of national income. risk. All of our financial commitments are subject to Democrats will build on the proviso that we maintain budgetary prudence. Our the recommendations of We will continue a progressive and prudent platform of financial prudence for the next term of the Enterprise Strategy programme of tax reductions and reforms (see box) government is composed of three elements: Group to (i) invest heavily that will ensure that you and your family continue to • While the economy continues to grow, we will in skills, education and share in the fruits of economic growth. This maintain budget surpluses. training, (ii) increase programme will also ensure that we have sufficient • Regardless of economic circumstances, we will R&D funding by the resources to continue to improve public services and maintain our obligations under the European State and (iii) get the infrastructure, without recourse to borrowing. Monetary Union, ie. under the Growth and IDA to target sales and Stability Pact. marketing and European In fact, under our prudent approach, by 2013 Ireland • All of our tax and spending proposals depend on HQ projects to locate here. will have no net national debt. budgetary prudence being maintained. PAGE 4 | WWW.PROGRESSIVEDEMOCRATS.IE Average income tax rate Progressive Democrats founded in 1985 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Progressive Democrats not in office Progressive Democrats in office One of the Progressive Democrats But look carefully at the pattern of in government again – income tax core goals since our foundation in tax cuts. Taking the simple average rates have been moving in only 1985 has been to reduce the tax of all income tax rates, we can see one direction: downwards. q&a burden on working people. At that income tax rates rose steeply that time, in 1985, Ireland was when Fine Gael and Labour were in Today, many Parties champion governed by Fine Gael and Labour government during the 1980s. the low-tax agenda. But look at question What will and the basic rate of income tax They fell sharply when the PDs the graph. Only the PDs deliver you do about large was 35% and the average rate were in government between 1989 consistently on the low-tax agenda.
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