Policy Lab
What does every Irish party actually stand for? Their policies, in the same format, from their own published documents. You compare. You decide.
This project is a work in progress. We're adding parties and policies as we source their published documents. If your party is missing or underrepresented, we want to fix that — every party deserves fair representation here. Party press offices, TDs, councillors, members, voters: send us your manifesto PDFs and policy documents at [email protected] and we'll add them in the same format.
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Pick an issue that matters to you. See what every party proposes, side by side.
Who will build the homes?
From rent freezes to Help to Buy, from state construction to market incentives. Every party has a plan. Compare them.
ChildcareWhat will it cost you?
€200/month? €10/day? Free? Every party promises to cut childcare costs. The detail is where they differ.
HealthWill Sláintecare ever happen?
Every party voted for it. Not every party has a plan to fund it. See who commits to what.
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Affordable Housing Programme
75,000 affordable homes on state land. Under €300,000 in Dublin. Under €260,000 elsewhere.
Hundreds of thousands of younger adults are stuck living in the family home, unable to move out and move on with their lives because they …
€1.3 billion/year + €290m capitalIndependent Anti-Corruption Agency
A single independent agency with powers to investigate, prosecute and prevent corruption.
Ireland does not have an effective means of preventing, investigating and prosecuting corruption. Even after costly and lengthy Tribunals of Inquiry there have been few …
Institutional reformA Public Model of Childcare
Childcare fees cut by €200/month immediately. Cap of €200/month by 2028.
Ireland has some of the highest childcare costs in Europe. Parents are paying more for childcare than for their mortgage. Many mothers are effectively working …
Phased to 2028300,000 Homes Including 125,000 Social and Affordable
300,000+ homes over 5 years. 125,000 social/affordable. Rent freeze. End homelessness by 2030.
Sinn Féin's housing plan is the most interventionist of the three large parties. It includes a rent freeze, an eviction ban, and 125,000 social and …
300,000 New Homes by 2030
300,000 homes by 2030. Help to Buy increased to €40,000. Rent tax credit to €1,500.
Fine Gael's housing plan centres on market-led delivery with state support for first-time buyers. The approach relies on tax incentives for buyers and landlords, with …
€40 billion total50,000 Homes Annually, Scaling to 60,000+
50,000 homes/year, scaling to 60,000+. State construction company via LDA. Phase out Help to Buy.
Labour's housing plan centres on transforming the Land Development Agency into a state construction company — the most structurally ambitious proposal after the Social Democrats.
Party News Feed
Press releases and statements from Irish parties, auto-tagged to the policies they relate to. Currently tracking: Social Democrats. More feeds coming.
SAVE DAISY HILL MATERNITY – DON’T LET “TEMPORARY” BECOME FOREVER
Massive €403m fine handed down to Google is welcome but long overdue
Climate Action Fund In Surplus by €250 Million Despite Nora Levy Reduction – Lawless
Frontline carers get less than half the hourly pay of the agencies that employ them, Aontú reveals.
Mícheal Martin Fails To Uphold the Good Friday Agreement Today In Meeting With Burnham. – Tóibín
Daniel Connolly, Armagh
Aiden Carlin, Castle
Government’s watered-down version of culture voucher will lack impact
More choice and less waste under changes to school meals – Nelson Murray
Men’s Sheds must receive permanent annual funding in Budget 2027
Government action on hot school meals welcome – but nutritional standards must be put on a statutory footing
Margaret Anne McKillop, The Glens
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This is an independent citizen project presenting publicly available policy documents from all parties. The author is a former member of the Social Democrats. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by any political party. All policy positions are sourced from parties' own published manifestos and documents.