Richard Boyd Barrett - Your Candidate What Richard stands for locally Home Why we need an alternative People Before Profit Alliance A Real Alternative
		Reverse the cuts on the 7, 111, 45, 8 and other local bus routes – More public transport not less Upgrade Loughlinstown & St Michael’s Hospital – Decent Health Care should be a right not a privilege. Restore Dun Laoghaire Baths as a public swimming pool - Protect seafront amenities and local heritage - Stop wasting council money on consultants and elaborate plans. Provide social housing and repair boarded-up council houses – End subsidies to landlords and developers. Cut unemployment & improve local services by direct employment of workers for council maintenance and building work. Abolish bin tax and no to water charges – Fund local government with a fair tax system based on income not stealth taxes that hurt those on lower incomes. Directly elected mayors – Real democracy and public participation in local government and planning. End the misuse of council funds and cap the salaries of the county manager and top officials at €100,000. Provide adequate youth and community amenities – End Council neglect of areas such as Sallynoggin, Mounttown, Monkstown Farm and Dun Laoghaire Town. ... A Paediatric A&E and full regional status for Loughlinstown Hospital. The restoration of 24 hour A&E services at St Michael’s Hospital. The location of a new Maritime Museum, Maritime and Climate Change Institute, planetarium and other civic amenities at the Carlisle Pier No to large-scale private developments at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, Power City, Booterstown Marsh, Bulloch Harbour, Shanganagh Castle. Public showers, changing rooms and café/restaurant facility at Killiney Beach Tearooms. No to the Monkstown Ring Road. Increased investment to provide better and cheaper public transport to ease traffic chaos