Crisis in our Health Service " 300 patients, on average, on hospital trolleys every day last winter " 15,000 adults on hospital waiting lists " 3,000 children on waiting lists for mental health services " Government plans to hand-over publicly owned Hospital land to private developers. " Ireland spends one of the lowest proportions of national wealth on the public health service of any European country. Overcrowded and under funded Schools " Over 100,000 primary school children in classes of 30 or more " School children and their families forced to collect tokens to pay for school computers. Housing Crisis " 43,684 households on housing waiting lists with over 6000 people on the housing list in the Dublin City Council area. " Mortgage debt in Ireland increasing at almost three times the EU average with Irish people now owing twice as much on their mortgages as their European counterparts. The Corporate Take over " The increasing privatisation of people's lives, multinationals must be answerable to the people, resist the corporate take over of our planet. Rip-Off Stealth Taxes " Unfair Bin taxes that hurt the less well-off and plans to privatise essential public services " ESB prices increased by 50 percent in the last five years. " Gas prices increased by 40 per cent in the last year alone and set to increase further this year. No Public Amenities and Community facilities " Across the Country public land and open space is being handed over to private developers. Traffic gridlock and global warming " Traffic congestion has reached gridlock and Ireland's CO2 emissions have risen dramatically. " Ireland gives the lowest level of subsidy to public transport of any European country and is failing to invest seriously in developing sustainable energy. back to homepage