There's going to be a referendum in Ireland in March or April to decide if we are going to hand over the rest of our powers to govern this country to the European Union. I will be voting No against anything to do withe the EU despite the fact that I have in the past been a Euro enthusiast. But if I get the following I will vote Yes:
1. A 100% increase in disability benefits and allowances in Ireland.
2. A 50% increase in funding to the HSE.
3. A 25% increase in Education Funding with a further 25% towards children with a disability in Education.
4. A Wealth Register which anyone having earnings or assetts above €250,000 would have to sign in the first six months of 2012. The register would be published and open to inspection by the general public. It is important that the Irish people get knowledge of the identity of the 30,762 millionaires divulged by Fintan O'Toole on Vincent Browne's Tonight programme on TV3 last year.
5. A 50% reduction in legal costs and fees in Ireland, particularly fees for Barristers.
6. A Wealth Tax with the emphasis on tax diverted from the poor and middle income people to those earning more than €100,000. The theory that these rich people will leave Ireland if they are asked to pay their way is fine by me. The cream of Ireland have already been leaving in their hundreds of thousands. As long as they drop their cash and their passport in a wheelbarrow before they board the plane Bye Bye. By the way the cream of Ireland is led by for example Paediatric Nurses. They are also much more skilled, knowledgeable, and valuable to this country than any over paid and over valued Fine Gael Government advisor.
7. Anyone with an income of less than €22,500 would be exempt from income tax.
8. Ireland should have total and exclusive fishing rights returned to the control of the Irish Government and the EU should give a €2 billion grant to Ireland to build an Irish Naval fisheries protection fleet.
9. All Agriculture restrictions must be lifted by the EU on Irish Farming and exclusive governance of agriculture be returned to Ireland from the EU.
10. Ireland should apply to the United Kingdom to return to the sterling area and leave the Euro in a planned and orderly fashion if the above demands are not forthcoming from the European Union Authorities.
10. Ireland should apply to the United Kingdom to return to the sterling area and leave the Euro in a planned and orderly fashion if the above demands are not forthcoming from the European Union Authorities.
