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Jamie McGlue

Jamie McGlue

Independent

We need balance: not too much nor too little of any given thing. In this election, the most crucial issues are the essentials for societal flourishing - all of which have been under attack. Free Speech, Fair Borders, Full Sovereignty. These must be defended at all cost. This is true loving kindness.

  • Priority:

    Free speech is the highest human right: we need it to interpret our rights to life, liberty and property. Hate must be deterred by clear speech alone.

  • Priority: Immigration and asylum

    With Gaeilge endangered, traumas to heal, youth unable to afford a home or family, and crime surging, the appropriate level of new immigration is low.

  • Priority:

    Sovereignty must be revived. Decisions which affect Ireland must be primarily made in Ireland. We must be partners, not subjects. Power must be local.

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Taxes and spending
1 of 32 questions
Money that is currently being saved for future policy challenges (such as climate change and an ageing population) should be spent now on things like housing and healthcare.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Though I favour drastically lowering taxes and regulation (and with a safe delay, then likewise lowering state spending once the free market has stepped in to meet the demand), to the extent the state is collecting private funds, these should be used sooner rather than later to address our problems."

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Taxes and spending
2 of 32 questions
Taxes on people earning over €100,000 a year should be increased.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Taxes should be lowered across the board; but starting with the poor. What's the use of the state getting all this money from the private economy? We the people know best how to spend our money to solve our wants/needs. This creates a decentralised system powered by competition and information flow."

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Taxes and spending
3 of 32 questions
The Universal Social Charge (USC) is a necessary source of revenue and should be kept.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The USC is one of the various nefarious mechanisms by which the true tax rate is distorted and hidden from public consciousness. Taxation today is excessive, monumental by historical standards. We must long-term cut tax & regulation by ~80%, then spending too once the free market steps in to profit."

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Taxes and spending
4 of 32 questions
Tax on inheritance should be reduced, even if it means cutting back on public spending or increasing other taxes.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Inheritance tax should be cut, but I would not support raising other taxes to pay for it. Taxes across the board should long-term be transitioned away from, transitioned into a healthy 0% rate. Basic tariffs and perhaps land tax can pay for a minimalist state. Without tax, we can support ourselves."

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Taxes and spending
5 of 32 questions
Universal payments, such as child benefit and energy credits, should be replaced with more targeted measures aimed at the less well-off.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Ireland's only hope for long-term prosperity is free-market capitalism – which benefits the poor above all. But until we transition toward that, the next best is a socialism of simple but significant financial aid for genuine jobseekers, the disabled, family-formation, etc. Flat untaxed payments."

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Housing
6 of 32 questions
The government should focus on making houses more affordable rather than providing financial supports to first-time buyers.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "l agree. However, the only way government can actually achieve the goal of making housing more affordable is for government to get out of the economy altogether. Taking money with one hand only to give it back with the other, wasting much on bureaucracy, laziness and bad ideas. Cut taxes & spending."

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Housing
7 of 32 questions
Planning guidelines should be relaxed to allow for more one-off rural housing
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "It's immoral that huge camps are green-lit for housing vast numbers of migrants, often ruining the area's character, while locals cannot build a home that blocks a few trees. Balance is needed. It's your land, you can build freely - except for very ugly eyesores, wildly inappropriate location, etc."

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Housing
8 of 32 questions
A rent freeze should be introduced across the country, even if it risks landlords leaving the market
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Such socialist interventions into the economy only backfire, raising rents. The state needs to go libertarian and slim itself down, getting out of the business of being in business. Be a government, with police, military, firefighters etc. and light-touch regulation e.g. limits on foreign ownership."

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Housing
9 of 32 questions
The Local Property Tax should be scrapped, even if it means less money available for local councils
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The powers of local councils have been mostly centralised, leaving them a symbolic husk; thus their budgets could easily be made leaner. Long-term most taxes should be ended, and that likely includes this one, as it unduly burdens the poor. We can tax imports, companies, mineral rights, etc instead."

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Transport
10 of 32 questions
The provision of public transport (trains, light rail, buses) should be prioritised over building roads
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "That is too simplistic a statement to be true in general. In some case, public transport should be prioritised, in other cases roads should be prioritised. But in general cars are not the enemy, and the state should not be seeking to do away with the tradition of individual transport. Balance again."

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Transport
11 of 32 questions
The passenger cap at Dublin airport should be lifted
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "There should be a cap placed on legal immigration, and a complete ban enforced on illegal immigration (the exploitation of our generous and kindhearted but somewhat naive and spineless asylum system), but the airport itself should be free to have as many passengers as it can. Leave it to the market."

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Environment, energy, agriculture
12 of 32 questions
Carbon taxes should continue to increase each year
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Carbon taxes should be abolished; it is an unfair and unscientific interference by the state into the lives of communities and individuals, based on politicised and media-frenzy-driven narratives of doom and gloom, which independent scientists (with their own budgets) call the REAL science denial."

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Environment, energy, agriculture
13 of 32 questions
Ireland should give up its exemption under the EU Nitrates directive
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The state should only police environmental impacts by prosecuting cases of clear harm to individuals/ecosystems. If nitrate runoff causes birth defects or disease, wrongdoers should be fined or shut down. This is enough to cause farmers to self-regulate and invest in organic farming methods etc."

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Environment, energy, agriculture
14 of 32 questions
The government should introduce measures to significantly reduce the extent of livestock farming in Ireland
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Food supply is a far higher priority than the theoretical (substantially debunked) notion of livestock farming harming our ecosystems. Regenerative agriculture (e.g. White Oaks Pastures) actually BUILDS soil and REDUCES carbon. And killing animals must be a last resort. Leave our good farmers alone."

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Environment, energy, agriculture
15 of 32 questions
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals should be allowed in Ireland, to improve security of supply
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Supply of cheap energy is fundamental for pulling our most disadvantaged people out of poverty, in Ireland just as it is around the world. The (seemingly unscientific) demonisation of fossil fuels is to this extent heartless. Ireland should allow LNG with strict environmental protection conditions"

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Social issues and education
16 of 32 questions
Abortion should be allowed in a wider range of circumstances.
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Abortion should never be normalised; after all, if we let nature take her course, the result will be a newborn child, smiling and yawning. It should be allowed for rape, incest, risk to the mother: but if we choose to have sex, I feel we have a duty to raise life if it comes. So it seems to me now!"

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Social issues and education
17 of 32 questions
Policies to increase the representation of women in politics have gone too far
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Ironically, affirmative action policies like quotas for women are themselves sexist. If the best person for the job happens to be male, it would be sexist (and harmful to the outcomes the public receives; including all the women in society) for the man to be denied in favour of a woman. Meritocracy."

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Social issues and education
18 of 32 questions
New laws on hate speech should be introduced to protect vulnerable communities
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "This is a terrible, anti-democratic idea. What constitutes 'hate' is subjective and best left to social pressure, ostracisation, encouragement, etc. The state must stay out. Beyond inciting violence, we've a right to say what we will; which is the engine of democracy, letting the best ideas rise."

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Social issues and education
19 of 32 questions
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have too much power in Irish policy making
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The common people are taxed so heavily, yet receive so little in return; while NGOs are seen swimming in public money (often having personal, ideological or financial ties to politicians or bureaucrats) and frequently advocating radical changes of policy against the interests and will of taxpayers."

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Social issues and education
20 of 32 questions
Religious instruction should only take place outside school hours in Irish primary schools
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "If it is a Catholic school, or some other Christian school, or a Muslim school, or Jewish school, then I would expect there should naturally be religious instruction during school time. If it be a secular school, religion/philosophy is still wise but should naturally be each school's choice."

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Social issues and education
21 of 32 questions
Gender diversity and transgender issues should be taught in Irish primary schools
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Children thrive off (and psychologically survive only with) a great deal of structure. Introducing controversial minority beliefs on the nature of identity is unwise. Most people believe there are only two sexes/genders: male and female, each individual ranging from masculine to feminine personality"

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Immigration and asylum
22 of 32 questions
More resources should be given to improving conditions for asylum seekers
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The scale of taxpayer resources used by the asylum system needs to be massively reduced. Under Dublin Ill law, we're only duty-bound to take in refugees when we're the first safe country. Given our dire crises, it's wise to help only the most essential cases. Let Irish money help struggling lrish."

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Immigration and asylum
23 of 32 questions
Communities should be obliged to take their fair share of asylum seekers, even if there is local opposition
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The homeowner owns the home, the community owns the locality, the nation owns the island of Ireland. The community members have inherited (or purchased, by buying a home) a share in this collective property, and the state has no right to bulldoze over their judgment of the local character and needs."

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Immigration and asylum
24 of 32 questions
Accommodation centres for asylum seekers should not be located in economically disadvantaged areas
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Apart from the fact it's starting newcomers on the wrong foot by having them see and attempt to integrate into areas where there's more struggle and chaos, since it's mostly elite circles forcing the mass immigration agenda against the wishes of the poor, wealthier areas should bear the main burden."

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Immigration and asylum
25 of 32 questions
Rules on immigrant work permits and student visas should become more restrictive
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Student visas have more wriggle room, as these are temporary visitors. But Immigrant work permits should be more restricted; we're in a housing crisis causing many Irish to suffer or even go homeless, and no culture can endure if flooded too quickly with new cultures. Éire needs her breathing space."

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Crime and policing
26 of 32 questions
The solution to anti-social behaviour lies in tackling poverty and disadvantage rather than tougher policing
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Both are equally important in reducing anti-social behaviour. Addressing poverty, trauma, addiction and self-limiting belief systems is to work at the roots of the problem; while enforcing strong proportionate penalties for harmful actions is to work at the leaves and branches. Both are essential."

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Crime and policing
27 of 32 questions
Gardaí should take a more robust approach to dealing with political protests
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The gardaí should do the very opposite, and remember that they are guards of the peace but in the context of a democracy grounded in human rights, that grew up in opposition to the imperial system which did aggressively police political protest. The gardaí must refuse politicisation of their office."

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Foreign policy and defence
28 of 32 questions
Ireland should continue to provide financial and political support to Ukraine in response to the ongoing war
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "This war has been an immense tragedy and alas largely caused by western interference. We must do what we can to make amends now for past mistakes, so that no more innocent Ukrainians (nor Russians) need die. NATO expansion and 2014 CIA coup and ensuing civil war caused this, but we can help end it"

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Foreign policy and defence
29 of 32 questions
The EU should suspend its trade agreement with Israel
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "This issue is terribly complex, but we can begin by remembering that most great crimes throughout history were committed by identifying individuals with groups and labelling them worthy of attack. Is every individual Israeli to blame? We must not conflate they and their government, so let trade be."

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Foreign policy and defence
30 of 32 questions
Ireland should retain its ‘triple lock’ rule for deploying troops abroad
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Neutrality has served Ireland very well, just as it has Switzerland, and we'd be wise to go further down the proven Swiss path, and ignore the overtures from NATO and the EU to get more militarily active. We're a nation of peace, so let us be armed to the teeth but ever the diplomat unless attacked."

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Foreign policy and defence
31 of 32 questions
Ireland should collaborate more with other EU member states on defence and security
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We must be armed and ready, but warfare has a way of pulling all around it into tragedy unless one is very careful to take the path of peace at every turn. Ireland should do all we can to encourage the EU to resist efforts to militarise the union and encourage NATO to stand down from its aggression."

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Irish unity
32 of 32 questions
A referendum on Irish unity should be held in the next five years
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The referendum should be held as soon as the appropriate question or questions can be identified; no earlier. Or else it may be rejected due to minutiae. I advocate the Éire Nua concept of a federal system: 1 national parliament, 4 provincial, 32 county level - a lean libertarian limited government."

- Jamie McGlue

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