Sinn Féin manifesto main points

Close the deficit over six years, not four.

Close the deficit over six years, not four.

* Burn the bondholders in those banks which are insolvent.

* Responsible wind-down of NAMA.

* €7 billion job-creation programme funded from National Pension Reserve Fund.

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* A 1 per cent income-linked Wealth Tax levied on assets over €1million in value, excluding working farmland.

* Third tax rate of 48 per cent on individual income in excess of €100,000 per annum.

* Restore the minimum wage at €8.65 an hour.

* Remove universal social charge from low-earners.

* Return social welfare payments to 2010 levels.

* Examine mortgage debt forgiveness for those on low and average incomes.

* New universal public health system.

* Create 500 new teaching posts and reduce class sizes to 20.

* Oppose third-level fees.

* Boost Garda numbers.

* An All-Ireland Constitutional Forum.

* Abolish Seanad in its current form,

* Cap ministerial salaries at €100,000 and TDs’ salaries at €75,000.

* Westminster MPs from the North to be accorded membership of the Oireachtas.

* Referendum on Irish unity.