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Is the Government pushing the country in the right direction?

In their own words: voters tell us what they think in the latest Snapshot poll

What do the public think of the Government's actions?
What do the public think of the Government's actions?
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Jennifer Bray Political Correspondent
Tue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00

We asked voters about the Government’s performance in the latest monthly Snapshot poll by Ipsos for The Irish Times.

The research seeks to gauge what voters are noticing about what the Government is doing and whether that pushes the Republic, generally, in the right or wrong direction.

Here is a selection of what they said in their own words:

“The bike rack, excessive spending on something which is not useful to the public. They are not dealing well with housing, immigration and rise of the far right. Overall wrong direction.”

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“The lockboxes for phone storage in schools: I thought it would cost a lot of money for an issue that I feel is not a priority, while that money could be used better elsewhere.”

“Just on the budget today, I thought the expansion on schoolbooks was a good thing. I also know they increased the social welfare payments, also a positive. Generally we’re heading in the right direction as a country, but with a lot of problems: personally I think housing is the biggest issue.”

“I would point out the sort of giveaways to people who don’t need it, such as social welfare and cost-of-living expenses. A ‘re-run of before’. I feel as if the country is heading neither in the right nor wrong direction.”

“The country is going in the wrong direction because the Government is spending too much money on social welfare, also it is almost impossible and too expensive to buy a house. On a positive note Ireland is a safe country.”

“Something that directly impacts my household is that additional childcare subsidies are affecting us positively.”

“There are a lot of people struggling to be able to afford a mortgage. Rents are crazy high.”