Crisis in our Health Service " 300 patients, on average, on hospital trolleys every day last winter " 15,000 adults on hospital waiting lists " 3,000 children on waiting lists for mental health services " Government plans to hand-over publicly owned Hospital land to private developers. " Ireland spends one of the lowest proportions of national wealth on the public health service of any European country. Overcrowded and under funded Schools " Over 100,000 primary school children in classes of 30 or more " School children and their families forced to collect tokens to pay for school computers. Housing Crisis " 43,684 households on housing waiting lists with almost 4000 people on the housing list in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown alone. " Mortgage debt in Ireland increasing at almost three times the EU average with Irish people now owing twice as much on their mortgages as their European counterparts. Rip-Off Stealth Taxes " Unfair Bin taxes that hurt the less well-off and plans to privatise essential public services " ESB prices increased by 50 percent in the last five years. " Gas prices increased by 40 per cent in the last year alone and set to increase further this year. No Public Amenities and Community facilities " Across the Country public land and open space is being handed over to private developers. " In Dun Laoghaire constituency, plans to hand over Carlisle Pier, Blackrock Baths and the Shanganagh Castle lands to private developers. " In recent weeks, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Council evicted the local community playgroup in Blackrock from its premises. Traffic gridlock and global warming " Traffic congestion has reached gridlock and Ireland's CO2 emissions have risen dramatically. " Ireland gives the lowest level of subsidy to public transport of any European country and is failing to invest seriously in developing sustainable energy.