Main election pledges
A cut in the standard rate of income tax from 20 to 18 per cent.
A cut in the top rate from 41 to 40 per cent.
Indexation of tax credits and bands in line with pay increases and a doubling of the home carer tax credit.
Halving of PRSI for employees from 4 to 2 per cent.
A reduction of self-employed PRSI from 3 to 2 per cent.
The abolition of the income ceiling for PRSI payments which currently stands at €49,000.
An increase in the old age pension from €200 to €300 a week;
An additional 2,000 gardaí;
Free health screening check for all and 24-hour GP cover.
An extra 1,500 public-only hospital beds and a doubling of the number of consultants to 4,000;
Children who need occupational or speech therapy not to wait more than three months;
4,000 new primary school teachers;
The joining of the Luas lines and the building of the metro north from St Stephen's Green in Dublin to Swords via the airport.