Socialist Party manifesto main points

Salaries in the public sector, such as chief executive of HSE, should not exceed €100,000 pa.

Salaries in the public sector, such as chief executive of HSE, should not exceed €100,000 pa.

* Nationalise all the banks, run them under public control.

* Instead of bailing out banks, funds should be used to create jobs and develop infrastructure.

* All major economic resources, including gas and oil resources off the west coast, should be taken into public ownership.

* Abolish the universal social charge and scrap plans for water charges and tax on homes.

* Reduce mortgages and repayments to affordable levels.

* Tax the “super rich”. Assets of the top 10 developers should be taken into public ownership.

* Corporation tax at the Austrian level of 25 per cent.

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