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Ireland should maintain a strong position on international humanitarian law and Palestinian civilian protection at the UN.

Irish neutrality should be enshrined in the constitution to prevent future governments abandoning it without a public mandate.

Ireland should increase defence spending significantly given the deteriorating European security environment.

Ireland's policy of military neutrality should be formally reviewed — it no longer reflects the realities of European security.

A women's health strategy, including access to IVF and reproductive healthcare, should be a funded priority in every health budget.

The HSE is too large and centralised and should be replaced with empowered regional health authorities with clear accountability.

Consultants with private practices should not be permitted to hold public hospital contracts simultaneously.

GP fees should be abolished for all patients, not only medical card holders, to remove a financial barrier to primary care.

Mental health spending in Ireland is too low as a share of the overall health budget and should be doubled.

Private health insurance in Ireland gives those who can afford it unfair priority access to public hospital beds.

Sláintecare should be implemented in full, even if this requires significant tax increases.

The Land Development Agency should be given greater powers and a larger capital allocation to directly deliver social and affordable housing at scale.

Remote working rights should be enshrined in legislation to reduce geographic concentration of employment in Dublin.

Planning permission for high-density housing near public transport should be substantially streamlined.

The minimum wage in Ireland should rise to a rate that covers rent and basic living costs in all major cities.

Ireland must begin reducing its reliance on corporate tax revenues by broadening the tax base before the next economic shock.

Short-term rental platforms should be heavily restricted in areas with acute housing shortages.

The state should directly build social and affordable housing at substantial scale rather than primarily relying on the private market.

Ireland should use its position as European headquarters for major tech companies to actively shape global AI governance from within.

Tech companies' low effective tax rates in Ireland benefit the exchequer in the short term but are unfair to other EU member states.