Dublin South East Sinn Féin -- Building an Ireland of Equals

Policies

Housing for all - a basic right

Sinn Féin believes that the right to shelter, to affordable quality accommodation is a basic inalienable right. Social policy should be centred on delivering this basic right. Legislation should promote and safeguard the entitlements of tenants and home buyers rather than the rights of property speculators exploiting people's essential needs. Read full document

Sinn Féin Policy on the Environment

Sinn Féin is committed to creating environmental standards on a co-ordinated island-wide basis. Read full document

Sinn Féin Policy on the Economy

A new social and economic order in Ireland will cherish all our people equally and prize equality and social justice. Read full document

Justice & the Community

It is the state's responsibility to ensure that every citizen feels safe in their own homes and in their own communities. It is also the right of every citizen to expect that public servants and elected representatives carry out their obligations in an impartial and objective manner. Read full document

Preparing for Irish Unity

As the only party organised throughout the 32 counties, and with elected representation at all levels of democracy in Ireland, we are working to make Irish unity a reality in our lifetime. Read full document

A socially inclusive Ireland

Sinn Féin advocates the right to social, economic, gender and cultural equality. This encompasses equality for all, irrespective of race, age, marital or family status, sexual orientation, physical or mental capacities, ethnicity, social origin, political or religious affiliations, or membership of the Travelling Community. Read full document

Educate that you may be free

Education is central to the egalitarian ideals of Sinn Féin's political project. While Ireland's education systems have in the past borne some of the responsibility for reproducing inequality, Sinn Féin believes an Irish education system can be an essential instrument for the building of an Ireland of equals. Read full document

Health for all

Health for All sets out Sinn Fein's proposals for the creation of an all-Ireland equitable healthcare system. Read full document

Women in an Ireland of Equals

Women are the largest group of those who have been excluded from the benefits of the Celtic Tiger economy. Households headed by lone parents and by older women remain at high risk of poverty and structural inequalities continue to trap many women in low paid, part-time employment. Sinn Féin is committed to Building an Ireland of Equals. Read full document