Open a full time operational Garda Station in Maynooth

Introduce mandatory guidelines for meat factory bosses to make sure that social distancing, testing and PPE are available for people who work in meat factories.

Too many trees are cut down for the use of palm oil

Petition in Dublin city against the use of drones to deliver food.

To whom it may concern, My name is Constance McKenna and I am expressing concern towards Dublin City Council to change the nature of the Georgian building which was the setting for the story by James Joyce “The Dead” and the film 1987, and convert to private apartments.  I urge you to reconsider this decision. We must protect our heritage. Through literature, cinema and architecture. Many thanks for taking the time to read this message. Yours Sincerely, Constance McKenna

From a small initiative begun in schools in the Dun Laoghaire Constituency, parents and school community members from all over Ireland are coming together to demand better for all our children. Specifically, we are calling for better provision of resources for children with additional needs, more Special Education Teachers (SETs) & Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to ensure best equality of opportunity for all children in every school. We need candidates running in the upcoming General Election to really understand the struggles our schools, pupils & their families, teachers, principals, SETs & SNAs are experiencing in trying to provide an education to all children of all abilities. Currently, there is an enormous deficit in the provision of assessments, diagnoses, therapeutic services and a full complement of SET hours and SNA support in schools. Our goal is a fully inclusive education system where every child has the opportunity to flourish. Our demand for The Right Inclusion Model for Every Child calls for the State to provide for the rights of every child in Ireland to an education. To respect the rights of all of our children, sufficient resources and support must be provided to every child to meet their own individual needs.  Under the current model, inadequate resourcing means that children are not guaranteed their right to equal access to education. We want to achieve cross-party support for The Right Inclusion Model for Every Child ahead of the General Election and to have the principles of this model included on the next Programme for Government.   We’ve identified key improvements needed in the current system that need to be urgently addressed or the pupils in each & every school will be impacted.   The Right Inclusion Model for Every Child must include: Enough child-centred supports & resources to match needs rather than budget; Enough class teachers; Enough Special Needs Teachers for children who need them; Enough Special Needs Assistants for children who need them; Enough assessments available for children who need them; Enough therapists to work with children who need them; Enough mental health professionals available to work with children who need them; Enough options for children and their families: To have options of placements in mainstream schools, special classes in schools, and special schools according to each child’s needs. Transparency in the Process: Meaningful consultation with schools, parents and children’s advocacy groups is necessary to inform the right inclusion model.  Specific Problems that can be addressed by this pledge: - Changing the criteria for access to supports has increased the pressure on schools who are without adequate resources.  - Directing parents to schools for access to psychological assessments (via NEPs) is not meeting the needs of children as there is a massive shortfall in allocation of these assessments. - Speech and Language, behavioural and psychological programmes formerly provided by trained professionals to children in schools cannot be outsourced to teachers (as envisaged by HSE strategies). The provision of these professional services directly from Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and Psychiatrists needs to be restored to schools. We are asking every representative and candidates in the General Election to pledge to deliver The Right Inclusion Model for Every Child as a matter of priority in the next government.

Please hold a referendum to let the public decide on the minimum legal age for Smart Phones

The people of Dublin Fingal went to the polls on the 8th of February 2020 to vote for their GE2020 candidate. Similar to the rest of the country the people made it clear that change was needed and people were no longer happy with a FF or FG led government. We the undersigned demand that the outgoing government of FF and FG put their differences aside and either; a) Form a government based on the will of the people regardless of what party they belong to OR b) Declare this election as void and go back to the polls for the people to decide on who they want to govern them.

Ireland needs a comprehensive, zero covid strategy. A zero covid strategy would mean that Ireland would not have or maintain the active, uncontrolled, spread of the virus within the community. It would involve a combination of our current restrictions (for a period of time), adding in aggressive public health measures (contract tracing, case finding, testing, supported isolation), managing the Northern Irish border fairly and reasonably (in agreement with NI), and quarantining visitors in hotels (not including lorry drivers, cabin crew & sailors who would be managed separately). New Zealand is proof that a Zero Covid strategy works extremely effectively and efficiently. Enough is enough. We’ve spent the last year in a perpetual cycle of lockdowns, it evidently does NOT work. We have been in lockdown 3 since the start of January and it will continue until at least the beginning of April. That is 3 months, had we introduced a zero covid strategy at the beginning of this lockdown perhaps things would already be going back to ‘normal’. We are experiencing all of the pain of extreme lockdowns without any of the gain. For most, a zero covid strategy would not currently change much about their day-to-day life but it would give us all back our freedom in the near future. Ireland currently has the toughest lockdown restrictions in Europe and the 3rd toughest restrictions globally. It’s time to take a stand. Sign this petition to force the Irish government to implement a comprehensive Zero Covid strategy. This isn’t just a bad handling of a national emergency, it’s an unacceptable handling of a national emergency, they are failing us. They have had every opportunity to produce an effective living with Covid strategy and yet after weeks and month of waiting nothing has come to fruition. Sign this petition to show the Irish government that our only logical next option is to introduce a Zero Covid strategy.

That there is an immediate threat to Ireland's energy supply, i.e. electricity and water , as outlined by Eirgrid due to the usage of energy by these huge centres throughout Ireland. It is estimated that these centres will be using a third of our energy supplies in the next four or five years. But the threat is more urgent as Eirgrid has reported that it expects electricity supply cuts this Winter and are purchasing 6 generators to try and deal with this predicted surge in supply. Not only will our services given by hospitals, schools, businesses etc be affected but, more worrying, it will also impact on individuals relying on a steady electricity supply and that includes sick people who cannot survive with uninterrupted service and also the many thousands of workers operating from home. The implications of regular power outages will have a devastating impact on civil and private society and will deter any businesses other than the ever powerful digital industries from investing in this country. This happened in California's Silicon valley where there was a mass exodus due to the irregularity of their power supplies due to overusage and exploitation of resources which is why they relocated to Ireland and we are about to become the latest victim of this industries' power grab, literally.