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Ireland should consider moving to a unicameral parliament by abolishing or fundamentally reforming the Seanad.

Lowering the voting age to 16 in all elections would strengthen democratic participation.

Voting in Dáil elections should be extended to Irish citizens resident abroad.

Political donations from corporations and property developers should be banned entirely.

Dáil sitting hours should be extended and reformed so TDs spend more time scrutinising legislation.

Ireland's Citizens' Assemblies have been a genuine democratic innovation and should be used more frequently for complex policy questions.

Ireland should formally and publicly support Palestinian statehood at the UN and use its Security Council membership to advance that position.

Ireland should substantially expand its UN peacekeeping contributions as an expression of its foreign policy values.

EU mutual defence commitments under Article 42.7 already effectively qualify Irish neutrality in practice.

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.