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This Ard Fheis: Ard Chomhairle Mulvoy/Campbell Cumann, Galway City Gleeson Cumann, Wexford This Ard Fheis welcomes the establishment of the Constitutional Convention and commends the commitment made by the 66-member citizen panel, the participation of Northern delegates from our party, the SDLP, Alliance Party and Green Party and the engagement and contributions by individual citizens resident in both parts of Ireland and in the Irish Diaspora, as well as by Irish civil society and academic experts working pro bono. However this Ard Fheis notes: This Ard Fheis resolves to pursue: This Ard Fheis further resolves: Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to make provision to allow the Irish Diaspora to vote in any border poll. East and South Tyrone Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government, as part of The Gathering, to immediately and proactively engage with the Irish Diaspora and all citizens residing outside of the state. With this in mind, we call on the Government to make provision for voting rights in presidential elections for all Irish citizens, regardless of place of residence. Clancy/O’Callaghan Cumann, Limerick City Frank Stagg Cumann, Co. Mayo This Ard Fheis supports the right for young people North and South to vote at 16 years old and calls for legislation to be brought forward to allow this to happen. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis: Ard Chomhairle McCabe/Quigley Cumann, Dublin West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair Local government in the 26 Counties is in need of radical reform. Maximum power must be devolved from central government to local authorities. Sinn Féin is committed to ensuring this devolution takes place. This Ard Fheis: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae John Francis Green, Co. Monaghan O’Neill/De Barra Cumann, Corcaigh James Connolly Cumann, Dublin James Fintan Lalor Cumann, Laois This Ard Fheis, fully endorsing the view that local democracy is a democratic right, reaffirms Sinn Féin's support for the development of local government across the 26 Counties through the widening of the powers and responsibilities of town and county councils and the extension of the mandate of the former to include their natural hinterlands, hereby instructs the incoming Ard Chomhairle and our elected representatives in town, county, Dáil and Seanad roles to give real and effective leadership in opposition to the Fine Gael/Labour coalition's plans to abolish all town councils, advocating instead the need for reform of this essential tier of local representation. Monaghan Comhairle Ceantair (Amended) That this Ard Fheis notes: • Central government funds provided to local authorities in 2011 totalled just over €3.5billion; • Local authorities do not fall under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General and therefore central government funding to local authorities is not subject to the same public scrutiny as other Government departments and agencies; • The Government’s decision not to proceed with its own proposal to merge the Offices of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Local Government Audit Service; • The vital role of the Comptroller and Auditor General with regards to accountability, efficiency, transparency, procedures and practice of public spending of departments and agencies under the remit of his office; • The contribution of the Public Accounts Committee in its role as a watchdog of public spending as audited and reported by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Agrees - The lack of accountability of city and county managers due to the continued exclusion of local authorities from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s audit remit; - The proposed National Oversight and Audit Commission will not effectively tackle the substantial lack of accountability of decision making by local government management on its spending of central Government funds with particular reference to critical infrastructure and PPP projects, including roads, water and housing; - Local government spending of central government funds should be subject to the same systems of public scrutiny as other Government departments and agencies. Calls on the Government to extend the auditing remit of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to local authorities, making it accountable to citizens, as is the case with other departments and agencies. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae This Ard Fheis supports the introduction of appropriate tax measures to recoup excessive pensions from failed former politicians responsible for the economic crisis. In the interests of equality, this Ard Fheis supports the view that politicians should only be eligible for pensions at the same age as any other citizen is eligible for their state pension. This Ard Fheis also supports an investigation into the actions of politicians, regulators, auditors and any others who may have contributed to the economic crash with a view to taking criminal proceedings against anyone found to have broken the law. Keating/Sands Cumann, Waterford This Ard Fheis pledges a commitment to call for and act in the interest of having the exemption of local authority rates applied to public representatives abolished. Terry Clarke Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Education in the 26 Counties to ensure easy access to voting registration forms at 2nd and 3rd level institutions in order to promote active citizenship. Traolach MacSuibhne Cumann, Cork City This Ard Fheis reiterates our opposition to corporate donations to political parties and our call for legislation to ban such donations. Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on Sinn Féin ministers to bring forward new legislation to meet the needs of communities based on Sinn Féin policy and the interaction of Sinn Féin activists with their communities. Coalisland/Clonoe Martyrs Cumann, Tyrone This Ard Fheis calls for a change in the selection process in the appointment of members to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and to the Press Council of Ireland: West Waterford Cumann This Ard Fheis calls a change in legislation to allow political advertising on local radio stations. Recognising that local radio stations play an invaluable role in combating social exclusion and isolation particularly in rural Ireland, it is inequitable that they cannot compete with print and online media for advertising revenue during elections. Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis notes that: Sinn Féin opposes the Irish Government's Family Home (Property) Tax and calls on the Government to repeal this tax and replace it with a wealth tax with levies 1% on all net assets, including property, above a value of €1million, with exclusions as set out in the Sinn Féin legislation on wealth tax published in 2012. Ard Chomhairle Donegal Comhairle Ceantair James Connolly Cumann, Dublin James Fintan Lalor Cumann, Laois Charlie McGlade Cumann, Dublin Tom Kealy Cumann, Kildare O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls on trade unionists, through their respective unions, to bring pressure on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to support the campaign against Property Tax. Logue/Marley Cumann, Dublin Sinn Féin opposes the Irish Government’s plan to install domestic water meters and to introduce water charges. This Ard Fheis: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae James Connolly Cumann, Dublin William Brock Cumann, Co. Laois This Ard Fheis endorses the wealth tax legislation produced by the party in 2012 and the proposal of a wealth tax as an alternative to the taxes the Government has imposed on those least able to afford them. Notes that: Recognises that: Calls on the 26-County Government to introduce a wealth tax and abandon its plans to introduce a property tax and water charges. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae This Ard Fheis: Calls on: Endorses the campaign for a border poll and encourages all those who want to see a united Ireland to participate in this campaign, including in the People’s Referenda that will be held as part of this campaign. Ard Chomhairle Nolan/Downey Cumann, Belfast Terry Clarke Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis notes the continued absence of any political or societal consensus, North or South, on dealing with the legacy of the past. We believe the past cannot be addressed or resolved in a partisan or one-sided way. Our future will remain contested for as long as we continue to contest the past. Sinn Féin recognises that victims and survivors on all sides seek different outcomes. We reaffirm our party policy on the establishment of an independent, international truth recovery process. We accept that the development of strategies to assist in the management of the legacy of our past conflict poses complex political and human challenges. Discussion is clearly required to address the implications arising from any agreed strategies and processes. This Ard Fheis renews it call for fully inclusive dialogue between all sides on how best to address the legacy of our past as an essential contribution to the peace process and development of reconciliation across the island. Ard Chomhairle Coiste Náisiúnta Óige This Ard Fheis commends Sinn Fein’s ongoing efforts to encourage cross-community and party support for the development of an inclusive reconciliation process. We note that the public discussion which has occurred in the last 12 months has focussed mainly upon format, substance and participants. This is to be welcomed. We further note that this public discussion has reflected the extent of disagreement within our society as to the causes and effects of the political conflict. However, we believe that any acknowledgement that reconciliation is necessary, welcome and deserves to be built upon. We applaud those who have already offered strategic and far-seeing contributions to this discussion. Sinn Féin recognises that there are many victims and much hurt on all sides. We acknowledge the pain and suffering of all non-combatants, combatants, and their families on every side. We believe the development of an authentic reconciliation process is essential to consolidate and enhance our peace process and political stability. The unity of the people of this island is crucial to that enterprise. Sinn Féin is committed to reconciliation in the here and now and the replacement of current divisions with new human and political relationships. This Ard Fheis urges mature and strategic debate North and South on opening a new phase of our peace process based on reconciliation, the development of new relationships, and creation of trust among all our people. Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis notes: Recognises: Calls for: Ard Chomhairle Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Toman/Burns/McKerr Cumann, Upper Bann Donegal Comhairle Ceantair Tony Ahern Cumann, Monaghan This Ard Fheis notes the current refusal of the British Government to provide accurate and complete information regarding the level revenue which is generated in the North of Ireland. This Ard Fheis calls on the British Government to provide complete and accurate information regarding the level of revenue generated within the North of Ireland. Nolan/Downey Cumann, Belfast This Ard Fheis recognises that the reintegration of former combatants into their communities requires that the person is entitled to the same rights as any other citizen including, for example, but not limited to: The right to work. The right to travel. As reintegration is an essential part of a successful conflict resolution process, this Ard Fheis calls on the Dublin and London governments to expunge the records of all former political prisoners jailed as a result of the conflict. Traolach MacSuibhne Cumann, Cork City Barrett/MacCurtain Cumann, Cork O’Malley/Russell Cumann, Dublin (Amended) This Ard Fheis calls on the parties in the Executive to develop a comprehensive approach to the promotion of community cohesion on the basis of the Good Friday Agreement obligations on government: AMENDED MOTION PASSED Ard Chomhairle Emmet/Clarke Cumann, Dublin (Amended) This Ard Fheis mandates Sinn Féin representatives in local government in the Six Counties to promote and encourage the adoption by local councils of policies on symbols, emblems and flags which are underpinned by mutual respect for the ethos and identity of both the unionist and nationalist sections of the community and are therefore premised on equality or neutrality. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis rededicates Sinn Féin to promoting the principles of parity of esteem, equality and mutual respect, not least in respect of flags and symbols, within Belfast City Council and throughout local government in Ireland. This Ard Fheis also commits itself to resolving the political and cultural imbalance of Belfast City, where streets, bridges, shopping centres and public amenities bear names and titles reflective for the most part of only of one community and calls on Environment Minister Attwood to find a more suitable name for the mooted Royal Exchange project. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair Seán Martin/Seán Treacy Cumann, Belfast This Ard Fheis commends the dignity and resilience of the Short Strand community in the face of the blatant sectarianism visited upon them in recent months and urges all parties and those with influence across Ireland to redouble their efforts to confine sectarianism to the dustbin of history. South and East Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis reaffirms our commitment to facilitating resolutions to key outstanding parading disputes in the Six Counties. In achieving this objective we pledge to: a) Highlight the imperative of meaningful dialogue processes between those who file for parades in sensitive areas and those who file for related protests as the most practical mechanism for delivering sustainable resolutions; b) Engage with key stakeholders with a view to shaping their focus and approach in bringing their influence to bear on advancing the requirement for such dialogue processes; c) Ensure that the Parades Commission retains its relevance and fulfils its statutory remit for the regulation of contentious parades where no resolutions are achieved to outstanding or fresh disputes; d) Initiate a process of reflection and internal discussion within the wider republican community, including republican bands, on how the organisation of republican parades and commemorations impacts on the wider community perspective on parading and the promotion of the principles of mutual respect and parity of esteem. Ard Chomhairle Gerard Casey Cumann, Antrim This Ard Fheis supports the Ballymurphy and Springhill Massacre families in their quest for truth and justice regarding the murders of their loved ones in July and August 1971 by the British Parachute Regiment and backs their demand for an international, independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding those murders. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis commends the ongoing work of the Uniting Ireland Task force, of Sinn Féin’s elected representatives and party leadership for their ongoing work in prioritising the campaign to unite Ireland Notes the timely initiative on the part of the Uniting Ireland taskforce and the party leadership to begin a campaign to secure a border poll. Commits to ensuring that Republican Youth is to the forefront of the campaign to obtain, and subsequently succeed in, a border poll, to engage with young people from all sections of society in order to convince them of the need for a border poll, and the merits of Irish unity, and to highlight the importance of removing partition in order to achieve meaningful and lasting political change on this island Coiste Náisiúnta Óige This Ard Fheis acknowledges the establishment of the Sinn Féin Border Corridor Group. The BCG is an integral part of Sinn Féin's all-Ireland strategy in that it actively promotes integration between the counties and the institutions of the border corridor area. This Ard Fheis also recognises the three local border groups: Break the Border NW Group; the Eastern Border Group and; the Central Border Group. South Armagh Comhairle Ceantair Muff Cumann, Donegal Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis reaffirms our commitment to an all-Ireland socialist republic and will ensure that: Galway West Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis notes: If furthermore considers: And therefore: Coiste Náisiúnta Óige Thomas Ashe Cumann, Meath This Ard Fheis: Endorses the positive work to date by the party to increase female participation throughout the organisational structures locally and nationally; Notes the need for this work to continue; Further notes the need to increase youth and minority groups participation in the party; Supports a national roll-out of an equality awareness programme for all local cumainn; Further supports efforts to increase women’s membership of the party, working with the Membership Administrator in ensuring targets for female membership are met, women members are adequately supported locally and nationally, and consideration is given to the practical constraints of women’s participation in local party meetings and events; Acknowledges the urgent need to increase the number of women holding local officer board positions, building on the positive work towards gender parity delivered at a national level by the party; Further instructs the Ard Chomhairle to consider the appointment of an Equality Officer. Hughes/O’Reilly Cumann, Cork Andy O’Sullivan Cumann, Cork Michael J. Marren Cumann, Sligo Doherty/Delaney Cumann, Meath (Amended) This Ard Fheis commends the work of all those involved in the management and delivery of the new membership model and, acknowledging the importance of ongoing political discussion and education, calls for the roll-out of the new Sinn Féin Political Training Course to be prioritised by the relevant party bodies in the time ahead to ensure the party ethos and philosophy is adequately promoted and to challenge partitionism and partitionist language at every opportunity. We further acknowledge that Sinn Féin is an activist party and that the primary role of members is to be active in pursuit of our principles, policy and strategy. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Thomas Ashe Cumann, Meath Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin Doherty/Delaney Cumann, Meath Tony Ahern Cumann, Monaghan Charlie Hurley Cumann, Co. Cork Drumm/Doherty Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis adopts a policy to increase the status and use of An Ghaeilge within the party by making it a requirement that: Six-County Cúige West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis proposes that every cumann in the country use their members’ addresses and their names if they wish in Irish on every piece of correspondence that is sent to them. Cathal Brugha/Kevin Lynch Cumann, Waterford (Amended) This Ard Fheis proposes that everything published by the party in the future should be bilingual and the Irish language to be on a par with the English language where possible in any material published by the party in the future and all key party documents should be bilingual. This includes materials published by the TDs, senators and councillors. Sinn Féin recognises the importance of our language and of our culture and heritage and should, therefore, be at the forefront in the promotion of bilingualism as outlined in the Irish Language Policy Document passed at Ard Fheis 2011. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis commits the party to actively prioritise the three constituencies with highest deprivation in the Six Counties by establishing a working group to address the following: and that the working group should be established no later than June 2013 with the final draft of a proposed strategy to be complete no later than December 2013. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis reiterates Sinn Féin’s policy of only using where possible hotels that recognise trade unions for meetings and gatherings and supporting the Fair Hotels campaign. This Ard Fheis asks the incoming Ard Chomhairle to inform cumainn, Comhairli Ceantair and Cúigi to use, where possible, hotels that recognise the right of trade unions to organise amongst their staff. Pádraig Pearse Cumann, Derry City Clancy/O’Callaghan Cumann, Limerick City Recognising that the welfare and protection of children is paramount, this Ard Fheis welcomes the publication of Child Protection Guidelines and the appointment of a national and regional child protection officers who have been through an intensive training course with the HSE and supports widespread awareness among members to ensure they are adhered to. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair McNulty/Magorrian Cumann, Down This Ard Fheis recognises that: Therefore, this Ard Fheis proposes that Sinn Féin’s vision for a united socialist republic will be promoted and adhered to throughout the 32 Counties, seeking to gain support for it on a cross-party basis, and all policies will seek to advance towards that vision. Martin Hurson Cumann, UCC This Ard Fheis recognises the importance of commemorating our patriot dead in respecting past sacrifices in the cause of justice and freedom and inspiring the current generation of republican activists to continue the struggle. To this end, commemorative events must be inclusive, should reflect a growing party and colour parties should adhere to an agreed dress code of shirts and ties. James Connolly Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis asks the National Commemoration Committee to have one main 100th Anniversary 1916 Commemoration in Dublin for the centenary in 2016 and all local commemorations to be held on Easter Saturday. Charlie McGlade Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis recognises the personal beliefs and differing religious affiliations of its members. In the name of equality and neutrality, must support secular commemorations based on progressivism and inclusivity. Jim Lochrie Cumann, Armagh THIS MOTION WAS WITHDRAWN This Ard Fheis proposes that the Easter Lily be made into a sticker. Charles J. Kickham Cumann, Tipperary This Ard Fheis calls on all its elected members to give due care and consideration when applying to attend conferences/seminars and that they do so only where it benefits its communities/constituents. Traolach MacSuibhne Cumann, Cork City This Ard Fheis supports party employees availing of only ethical pension schemes where they choose to do so. Gerard Casey Cumann, Antrim This Ard Fheis requests the incoming Ard Chomhairle to direct the Election Department to present proposals to allow delegate weighting for EU, Dáil, Westminster and Assembly election conventions. Further, that consideration is given to: This proposal ensures that party election conventions truly reflect our support levels across any given constituency – the truest reflection of public opinion. Delegate weighting rewards activism on a constituency basis whilst ensuring that every member has a vote in candidate selection for all elections. It safeguards against the practice of the Establishment parties of mass member registration in the lead-up to the convention. Further it places the onus on local areas to maximise the vote to ensure as much influence as possible at any future convention. Noble Six/O’Flanagan/MacManus Cumann, Sligo This Ard Fheis commends those involved in the ‘Occupy’ movement as being an example of effective, peaceful protest. Mairéad Farrell Cumann, Galway City This Ard Fheis calls on Sinn Féin members currently members of SIPTU, to put forward motions to their union conference calling on SIPTU to withdraw its affiliation to the Labour Party. Logue/Marley Cumann, Dublin Charlie McGlade Cumann, Dublin Amendment to 5.4a of the Sinn Féin Constitution 5.4 Affiliation fee and funds The financial year of Sinn Féin shall be the calendar year ending December 31st. A cumann affiliation fee of €95 must be paid during the month of January with a deadline of January 31st of each year. Cumainn based in third-level institutions shall be exempt from this fee. Martin Hurson Cumann, UCC Amendment to section 5.1e of the Sinn Féin Constitution; Membership must be renewed annually by payment of a fee to Ard Oifig. In addition every fifth year renewal should be accompanied with a fee to Ard Oifig. Under certain personal financial circumstances the fee for an individual member may be waived with the agreement of the cumann, comhairle ceantair or cúige chairperson once the member concerned has outlined the nature of those circumstances to the chairperson. The chairperson must then inform Ard Oifig of this in writing. MacBrearty/Maguire Cumann, Donegal This Ard Fheis calls on both the Irish Government and Northern Assembly to draft and introduce Climate Change Bills that are all-Ireland in content and focus. The Bills must contain: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae Benny Connolly Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis notes that, in 2008, a joint confidential technical information exchange project relating to Sellafield and its associated facilities was set up by the Irish and British Governments. This Ard Fheis notes with concern that the full report has not been made public and that there is huge distrust of the nuclear industry. This Ard Fheis calls for the full publication of this report ‘Risks to Ireland from Incidents at the Sellafield Site’. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Rogers/Martin Cumann, Louth This Ard Fheis calls on the Assembly and the Irish Government to carry out an immediate comprehensive study of the costs and benefits and the environmental, social, health, economic and planning impacts of all forms of renewable energy provision across the island, given our pressures to deliver on EU directives. This Ard Fheis mandates the Six-County and 26-County directorates to establish a working group to develop and publish a policy paper on developing a sustainable energy network across the island of Ireland and to consider proposals such as the creation of community-owned wind farms where the local community invest, build and own the wind farms in their community. This Ard Fheis calls for the creation of an all-island Sinn Fein working group to examine the adequacy of planning policy proposals in relation to wind turbines Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Bob Doyle/Dinny Barry Cumann, Kildare This Ard Fheis declares Ireland's wind resources to be the property of the people of Ireland – not wind farm developers, not wind farm investors, not wind energy users, not a few Irish landowners and not other nation states. Sinn Féin will ensure that those who wish to exploit this resource will have to pay a fair tax/fee reflecting the greater part of its economic value to its rightful owners. This fee/tax will be used in part to fully compensate rural people who suffer loss directly or indirectly by wind farm development and to protect the environment and biodiversity of the Irish countryside. The surplus should be used to reduce the legacy of private debt created by the last exploitation of a commons resource. Logue/Marley Cumann, Dublin (Amended) This Ard Fheis opposes the imposition of National Park designation in the absence of extensive consultation and broad agreement with the communities who live and work in the proposed designated area. Consideration and mitigation must be given to the current and future needs of indigenous communities and their rural livelihoods, such as the local farming industry. We further note that other measures and initiatives may equally promote tourism, create employment, build infrastructure, protect the environment and improve the economy of an area. National Parks cannot and should not be imposed upon any community without their consent. AMENDED MOTION PASSED South Down Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls for an all-Ireland approach to resolving problems caused by diesel laundering through the removal of the differential between agricultural and non-agricultural diesel and the replacement of the current subsidy to the farming community by direct payment on vouched expenditure. Tony Ahern Cumann, Monaghan Whilst acknowledging that planning applications are subject to consideration based on any number of variables, and the need for flexibility in this regard, this Ard Fheis mandates the creation of a working group which, having reference to Planning Principles memorandum 2008, would expand upon and develop the document so as to provide a comprehensive list of principles and criteria which would be applied by Comhairle Ceantair and Comhairle Cúige in determining a party position in respect of specific infrastructural, industrial and commercial applications. The working group composition will be selected by the Six-County and 26-County directorates and will be tasked to submit a draft document to An Ard Chomhairle for ratification at the next Ard Fheis Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis calls on the Department of Transport in Dublin to reassess the route of the East-West corridor from Dundalk to Sligo in the so-called National Spatial Strategy. This Ard Fheis is particularly concerned that the proposed section closest to Dundalk is along the Carrickmacross Road route. This proposed route offers no access to the motorway network. This Ard Fheis proposes that the eastern-most section of the route be located along the N53 (Castleblayney Road) servicing County Armagh. Rogers/Martin Cumann, Louth This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister of the Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce more stringent measures into the Planning Guidelines to eradicate the use of mechanical plants by developers for the purpose of dealing with waste water in any future housing developments and that the Minister makes funds available to local councils to allow them deal with the legacy of these mechanical plants and not to further burden ordinary homeowners with the disastrous consequences of these failed plants. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Government to immediately honour its responsibility to the St Andrews Agreement and restore full funding to the A5 Derry and Donegal dual carriageway to Dublin to allow that vital project to be completed as soon as possible. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair Omagh Comhairle Ceantair Strabane Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls for urgent progress to be made in completing the hundreds of unadopted roads throughout the country. Six County Cúige Coalisland/Clonoe Martyrs Cumann, Tyrone This Ard Fheis calls for the immediate upgrading of the A6, the main route from Derry and the North-West to Belfast at Dungiven and Moneynick. This Ard Fheis also calls for the re-establishment of a regular daily and year-round ferry service on the Greencastle to Magilligan crossing and the adequate resources to be put in place to fund this. Limavady Comhairle Ceantair Coleraine Comhairle Ceantair In order to create a sustainable island of Ireland, we need to address the issue of sustainable transport. It is known that cycling for short distance journeys, rather than driving, helps households to save money, promotes weight loss, reduces the risk of obesity related illnesses and therefore decreases long-term spend on health care. Cycling infrastructure will help reduce dependence on foreign oil. Crucially, we could decrease the amount of money leaving the local economy in this way. Such infrastructure investments will also create employment in the short-term. This Ard Fheis calls for improved cycling networks across the island of Ireland to achieve sustainability. Nolan/Downey Cumann, Belfast This Ard Fheis calls for a higher level of integration and co-operation among public transport providers across the island to reduce social isolation and deliver efficiencies. Six County Cúige This Ard Fheis calls on Iarnrod Éireann to put in place a customer base appeals policy for ticket fines to rail users where legitimate reasons can be dealt with in a sympathetic manner rather than the cold, faceless procedure that now exists. Noel McCann Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis calls on the Executive to come forward with the finance to support the creation of the Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) system. BRT when established will be a modern public transport service for Belfast showcasing the city as a growing and vibrant one. This new transport system will be pivotal in linking communities initially in East and West Belfast, bringing socially deprived areas together, providing access to employment, health, education, cultures and leisure. After the first phase, East and West Belfast, it should then be introduced to the other parts of the city, including North and South. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the Government to make a major investment in Knock Airport similar in to that of the Shannon Airport bail-out in order to ensure the sustainability of Knock Airport into the future. Knock Airport is a not-for-profit company with a mandate not just to promote the airport but also the entire North-West region via tourism and job creation. Mayo Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis notes the significance of the Public Service Contract (PSO) contract for the air service to the Aran Islands as being an integral part of island life and vital in cases of medical emergencies and calls on the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to safeguard the support for the future delivery of this service. Máirtín Ó Cadhain Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis notes that: This Ard Fheis calls for the introduction of specific steps in the 26 Counties, including: Recognises that Sinn Féin in government is delivering jobs and in the Assembly has overseen: In the Assembly Sinn Féin Endorses ‘Create Jobs, Create Growth’, Sinn Féin’s Jobs Action Plan, and calls on Executive colleagues to support £1billion investment in job creation in the Six Counties by allocating resources from the block grant and revenue raising, including the devolution of excise duty from Britain. This Ard Fheis further calls upon Sinn Féin’s Executive colleagues to support: Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis notes that: This Ard Fheis calls for: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae Coalisland/Clonoe Martyrs Cumann, Tyrone This Ard Fheis: This Ard Fheis: Calls on the 26-County Government: Coiste Náisiúnta Óige This Ard Fheis notes that a fully-serviced 20-acre IDA park lies empty in Castlebar. We are calling for greater equity in distribution of Foreign Direct Investment to ensure employment is created along the Western seaboard. O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls for the establishment of business incubation units in rural villages that were rapidly developed without adequate services or provisions for future employment during the boom years. An example of such a village is Bridgetown in south Wexford where the local community has been abandoned by the political establishment. Parle/Crean/Hogan Cumann, Wexford This Ard Fheis: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae Mulvoy/Campbell Cumann, Galway City Monaghan Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis welcomes the commencement of the North West Science Parks at LYIT and Fort George in Derry and calls for a renewed focus on all-Ireland solutions such as this to assist economic recovery. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis supports the development of the social economy in terms of job creation and regeneration of communities and calls on the Executive to set up a dedicated fund to facilitate loans for the sector and set targets for its Programme for Government Commitment to Asset Transfer. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis: Notes that: Endorses: Calls for: Ard Chomhairle Nolan/Downey Cumann, Belfast This Ard Fheis urges the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to organise workers and their communities to challenge the Irish Government's policy of austerity. James Connolly Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis notes that: The Ard Fheis calls on this and future governments to commit to securing at European level the retrospective recapitalisation of Irish banks to deal with legacy debt through the ESM; to demand the ECB act as the Lender of Last Resort, and after a period of stress testing of banks, followed by write-downs, restructuring and burden sharing with bondholders where necessary, the ECB ensure the ESM is funded to capitalise banks and ensure a permanent solution that separates banking debt from sovereign debt. Ard Chomhairle Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to negotitate a degoration from the EU directive which compels national governments to put their social welfare contract payments out to tender. Loss of this contract to An Post would ensure the mass closures of our rural post offices. Mayo Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis: Recognises the century of struggle by Irish workers between 1913 and 2013, remembers and salutes all those workers who have fought for better rights and entitlements for themselves and their fellow workers during that period. This Ard Fheis therefore calls on the Irish Government: This Ard Fheis also calls on Dublin City Council to erect a fitting monument to those who struggled for their rights during the 1913 Lockout. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae Monaghan Comhairle Ceantair Dublin Cúige This Ard Fheis condemns the destruction of the community sector and in particular Community Employment schemes and calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Government to recognise the valuable work done by this sector and these schemes by reverting to 2008 levels of funding for community-based services, allocating sufficient resources, increasing numbers on CE schemes and widening the eligibility of CE participants to meet the current economic circumstances. Sinn Féin applauds those trade unions who have been working with the community sector and those who remain committed to defending community services. James Connolly Cumann, Dublin James Fintan Lalor Cumann, Laois Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis a message of solidarity to the workers of Tara Mines, the Old Darnley Lodge and B&Q and calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Government to properly protect employee rights. Doherty/Delaney Cumann, Meath This Ard Fheis welcomes the work done by Minister Carál Ní Chuilín in This Ard Fheis therefore: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis calls for a National Poverty Strategy which will poverty-proof all national and local policies. There is a need to poverty-proof all policies at both design and implementation stage to protect people. This strategy should also target bringing consistent poverty and child poverty down to zero over time through targeted legislation with measurable targets. O’Neill/De Barra Cumann, Cork City West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis reiterates: Sinn Féin's continued position of defending and standing up for low-income families and those depending on social welfare who are being targeted by government cuts; Our opposition to the austerity policies being pursued by both the British Tory/Lib Dem and Fine Gael/Labour coalition governments which are directly impacting on the most vulnerable in Irish society; Our determination to work both North and South, inside and out the parliamentary institutions, to ensure the maximum protections for those on benefits and in low-paid employment now and in the future; Supports the transfer of fiscal powers to the North, giving the institutions the tax-varying powers and the ability to set social welfare payments; Calls for the implementation of Sinn Féin's Alternative Budget proposals as the fairest way to tackle social welfare dependance and get the unemployed and the economy back to work Our call on the Labour Party Minister Joan Burton to pay heed to the many reports that have shown the devastating effects on social welfare dependent families and low-income earners their policies are having and to change direction and protect the poor, children, the disabled and pensioners in particular from the wrath of their austerity measures; Our call on Minister Burton and her government to live up to their election and Programme for Government promises "to protect the most vulnerable" and to reverse the punitive cuts; Our rejection of the Tory-led agenda of pitching ordinary people against one another through attempts to demonise and marginalise some of our poorest, most vulnerable citizens and remind them that responsibility for the current economic crisis lies with the behaviour of financial institutions and not with the sick, disabled and unemployed; Our determination to challenge any adverse impact of the British Government’s current ‘welfare reform’ agenda and take all measures possible to ensure social policy better reflects the circumstances and needs of all our communities in the North of Ireland; Our belief that cuts to social welfare not only affects social welfare recipients and their families but also has a depressing effect on local economies. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae (Amended) This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to immediately examine the costs associated with childcare provision with a view to ensuring childcare is provided in an affordable manner by the state, by the private sector and in some cases by employers, thereby relieving the burden on families and allowing parents to return to work where they choose to do so. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Ard Chomhairle Sinn Féin recognises the pain that emigration has caused to thousands of families in Ireland and welcomes any move to help our diaspora return home. This Ard Fheis calls for the removal of the Habitual Residency Clause (HRC) which discriminates against Irish emigrants who are returning home after living abroad for more than two years. We also assert our opposition to the HRC as it discriminates against Irish citizens who were born in the North and now reside in the 26 Counties. Muff Cumann, Donegal Traolach MacSuibhe Cumann, Cork City Donegal Comhairle Ceantair (Amended) This Ard Fheis recognises that, in cases of expected bankruptcy, certain developers and wealthy individuals transfer their assets to family members. We propose the extension of Capital Gains and Capital Acquisitions Taxes to spousal transfers to target this avoidance technique and we support the work of NAMA in particular as it tries to have such transfers, in the cases of developers, reversed. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis calls for a definite strategic plan, including whatever measures are required: West Waterford Cumann This Ard Fheis proposes that: Bob Doyle/Dinny Barry Cumann, Kildare This Ard Fheis supports local businesses and seeks to give them more power in their financial affairs. At present sole traders and small businesses are not eligible to access to the Small Claims Court. This means that businesses and Sole Traders are obliged to pay large sums of money to the legal profession in order to recover small debts. For many in the business community this is a pointless exercise and as a result the majority of these bad debts are simply written off. This Ard Fheis proposes that sole traders and businesses employing less than ten staff be entitled to collect debts owed to them by another business or person via the Small Claims Court. This will aid cash-flow difficulties for businesses, many whom have huge issues with bad debt and would result in millions of euro being released back into the local economy. We propose that the Small Claims Court should have jurisdiction to deal with business debts of between €50 and €5,000. Bob Doyle/Dinny Barry Cumann, Kildare (Amended) In order to promote small businesses, this Ard Fheis calls for legislation to allow local authorities to: AMENDED MOTION PASSED Traolach MacSuibhne Cumann, Cork City McGrath/O'Brien Cumann, Waterford Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis notes the financial stress that many amateur sports clubs, including GAA clubs, are under and supports the extension from 80% rate relief to a full exemption for amateur sports halls in the North. Gerard Casey Cumann, Antrim This Ard Fheis strongly opposes the sale of harvesting rights or lands to private interests by Coillte, effectively abandoning this vital natural resource, a resource which has never been developed to its full potential by successive Irish governments. Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin Cumann Chaisleán Nua, Limerick This Ard Fheis reiterates its opposition to the privatisation of our natural resources and reaffirms its commitment to uphold the right of the Irish people to the ownership of Ireland and all of its parts as stated in the Proclamation of the Irish Republic 1916. Accordingly, this Ard Fheis requests that the party develop a 32-county strategy on the development and use of our natural resources for the benefit of the people of this island. This Ard Fheis supports taking the natural gas and oil deposits of our country into public ownership via a state-owned oil and gas company or a company structured on the Norwegian model to be developed in the interests of the people of Ireland, using a sovereign wealth fund. As an interim measure, this Ard Fheis calls for an immediate moratorium on the issuing of new licences for gas and oil exploration until such a time as: Galway West Comhairle Ceantair Donegal Comhairle Ceantair Benny Connolly Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis condemns the recent eight-day war launched against the people of Gaza by Israeli forces and calls for an end to all violence in the region. This Ard Fheis welcomes the recent decision at the United Nations General Assembly to grant non-member observer status to Palestine and condemns Israeli threats to extend aggression and withhold resources from the Palestinian Authority in defiance of this decision. We believe this decision contributes to the achievement of a sustainable peace process and negotiated settlement and further enhances the potential for a two-state solution. We commend the Irish Government’s vote in favour of observer status to Palestine and calls on it to use all available diplomatic and economic options open to them in order to bring pressure to bear on the Israeli Government to end its aggression against the Palestinian people. This Ard Fheis also calls for the removal of all barriers to participation in the political process by all parties with a democratic mandate. This Ard Fheis supports the United Nations Human Rights Council in its call for an end to the building of all settlements in the Occupied Territories on the grounds that it is a violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. This Ard Fheis calls for the implementation of United Nations resolutions and the enforcement of international law. Ard Chomhairle Pól Kinsella Cumann, Derry City This Ard Fheis: Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis welcomes the initiative by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to create the circumstances for a peace process based on the principles of inclusiveness, representativeness, mutual respect, justice and equality and further calls on the Turkish Government to respond positively to create a framework in which peace talks can take place. We call on the European Union to support the peace initiative and to take the necessary diplomatic steps to encourage the Turkish Government to respond in a positive manner. This Ard Fheis also condemns the recent killing of three female Kurdish political activists in Paris and calls on the French authorities to thoroughly investigate the circumstances of their deaths. Ard Chomhairle (Amended) This Ard Fheis extends our continuing solidarity with the people of Palestine and urges full support for the boycott and divestment (BDS) campaign of Israeli goods and services, including Caterpillar, particularly those involved in settlement activity. This Ard Fheis particularly views with concern the activities of Cement Roadstone, an Irish company, and calls for an investigation into their activities and the activities of all such companies in collaborating in human rights violations. This Ard Fheis also calls for an end to all trade with Israeli agricultural companies complicit with Israel’s system of occupation, colonisation and apartheid. This Ard Fheis calls on the incoming Ard Chomhairle to ask all comhairli ceantair and cumainn to join with others supporting broad-based campaigns working towards ending agricultural trade with Israel that finances and rewards the destruction of Palestinian farming. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Pól Kinsella Cumann, Derry Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin Parle/Crean/Hogan Cumann, Wexford Gerard Casey Cumann, Antrim Padraig Pearse Cumann, Derry City McDonnell? O'Shea Cumann, Cork Galway West Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis supports ongoing efforts to bring about the achievement of a sustainable peace process in Colombia. We support all concerned in their attempts to put in place an inclusive process and secure a democratic, negotiated settlement. Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis commends the efforts of the Ecuadorian Government in tackling austerity and on its commitment to social equality seeking to demonstrate that an alternative to austerity and cuts is possible. Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis welcomes the prospect of the funding to the North and to the border counties of the South that EU cohesion policy will provide through the 2014-2020 Interreg V and Peace IV programmes and we must ensure that it produces maximum benefit. This Ard Fheis believes European funding must be about tackling objective need. Objective need is the criterion which clearly sets out with no ambiguity those who are most in need of help. Objective need must govern the overall distribution of funds. Funding should not be skewed towards groups or communities on the basis of anecdotal stories of feeling left behind or left out. The criteria for applications must be simplified to allow small, local groups to navigate their ways through the complex application process, and the procedures for assessment of applications must also be streamlined and considerably accelerated to produce results on the ground. There is an onus to do this on both the SEUPB (Special EU Programmes Body) and on all the government departments, North and South, which are involved in this process. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis deplores the violence inflicted on peaceful anti-austerity protesters by police in Greece and Spain. We view with concern tendencies to introduce such heavy-handed tactics in the 26 Counties. Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis reaffirms its support for the right to self-determination of small nations and its opposition to the denial of that right by governments all over the world. In particular, it sends solidarity greetings to our comrades in the Basque youth movement, in JERC in Catalonia, in the youth movements of all nations struggling for self-determination, and to all peoples currently struggling against occupation and oppression Coiste Náisiúnta Óige This Ard Fheis reaffirms our absolute opposition to membership of NATO and to the increasing militarisation of the EU. We mandate our elected representatives and party organisation to promote this fundamental republican principle of Irish neutrality and sovereignty, especially in the context of the forthcoming centenary in 2014 of the outbreak of the First World War into which Ireland was dragged by Imperial England, costing the lives of thousands of young Irishmen. Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to exercise fully its powers – as provided for under Article 16 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention) 1955 and section 49 of the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 – to inspect US state aircraft passing through Shannon Airport with a view to detecting and/or preventing the compliance of the Irish State in ‘extraordinary rendition’. Galway West Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis expresses solidarity with the people of Burma who have suffered for generations under a brutal military regime. This Ard Fheis recognises the right to freedom, peace and self-determination of the Karen and other ethnic minorities in Burma. This Ard Fheis welcomes the positive steps towards democracy and call for an immediate end to human rights violations in Burma and the deliberate targeting of civilian communities by the military in Kachin State, the release of political prisoners and the resolution of conflict through dialogue and political negotiation. O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis recognises the continued erosion of Irish neutrality by successive governments. We note the deployment of Irish Defence Forces members in Afghanistan and the current move to commit Irish troops to support the Government side in the conflict in Mali despite recent warnings from the UN anti-genocide envoy, Adama Dieng, that he was deeply disturbed by the actions by Government troops that “could constitute atrocity crimes”. This Ard Fheis believes that dragging Ireland into partisan military actions will do nothing to bring about stability and peace but will damage the high standing in which Irish citizens are currently viewed in many countries around the world. This Ard Fheis opposes the deployment of Irish Defence Forces in Mali and in other such conflicts and the growing entanglement of Ireland in NATO and EU military alliances. This Ard Fheis reaffirms Sinn Féin’s commitment to positive Irish neutrality and independent foreign policy and reiterate our party’s willingness to serve as a resource for promoting conflict resolution, peaceful democratic settlements and self-determination throughout the world. Ard Chomhairle (Amended) This Ard Fheis notes: ● That Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour have all come to the rescue and helped to protect the banks, developers, auditing and accounting agencies and politicians which caused the economic crisis; ● That those who borrowed to buy homes to live in, often paying multiple thousands in Stamp Duty and now saddled with huge mortgages, have not received any such focus. This Ard Fheis further notes: - One in four mortgage holders in the 26 Counties is in distress; - 179,370 mortgage holders are in distress and tens of thousands more are at risk of distress; - 115 mortgage holders are falling into distress every day; - That the Fine Gael/Labour Government's recent announcement on mortgages again leaves the power in the hands of the banks and gives then new powers to repossess homes, and the proposed changes to the code of conduct on mortgage distress will make it harder for customers; - The Personal Insolvency Act 2012 and the personal insolvency service it creates will do little for the vast majority of mortgage holders currently in distress; This Ard Fheis calls on the Government to bring forward amending legislation to the personal insolvency legislation to: ▪ Remove the veto given to lenders over proposed insolvency agreements in the Personal Insolvency Act; ▪ Provide in the legislation for the independent adjudication and enforcement on mortgage distress cases through a new category of agreement to be known as ‘Independent Agreement on Mortgage Distress’ which will be adjudicated by an independent mortgage restructuring panel appointed by the Minister; ▪ Maintain people in the family home as the priority and agreements can include the possibility of write-downs on portions of the mortgage debt as well as other avenues such as debt for equity swaps and mortgage to rent options. This Ard Fheis recognises the right of our people to their family homes, and opposes the eviction of families who find themselves in mortgage arrears. Sinn Féin will undertake to organise and lead a campaign to prevent such evictions. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Coen/Mulleran Cumann, Sligo Ard Chomhairle Thomas Ashe Cumann, Meath This Ard Fheis reasserts the right to housing as a fundamental human right at a time when austerity measures – being imposed by external powers across the island of Ireland – are leading to greater housing distress amongst our people and endorse, as a priority, mitigation to alleviate any increase in homelessness. This Ard Fheis expresses concern at the out-workings of the current housing allocation system in the North that is disadvantaging those seeking social housing in ‘high demand’ nationalist areas. This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Social Development: Six-County Cúige West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis Recognises that: Notes that: Calls on the Irish Government to: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae McCabe/Quigley Cumann, Dublin Parle/Crean/Hogan Cumann, Wexford Emmet/Clarke Cumann, Dublin Mulvoy/Campbell Cumann, Galway City This Ard Fheis condemns recent Irish governments for the failure of so many people in the state to be able to access good quality social housing. It is clear we need a radical change in the way that we currently deliver social housing. It is estimated that almost 100,000 people are on the current Housing Waiting list, including 5,200 people on the list of the newly merged Limerick local authorities with little hope of most getting housed. At the same time this state spends €498,200 in rent to private landlords through both the Rent Allowance and Rental Accommodation Schemes in 2012. It Is clear that the state needs to focus on the provision of social housing as a priority, it needs to move away from dependency on private landlords to provide social housing, and it needs to make a commitment to tackle what is a scandalous social housing list. Clancy/O’Callaghan Cumann, Limerick City This Ard Fheis calls on Dublin City Council to adequately maintain their properties for the benefit of all the tenants. Properties are falling into states of disrepair due to the neglect of DCC. McCabe/Quigley Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on the incoming Ard Chomhairle to establish a group to ensure that the protection of social housing and community ethos of the Housing Executive prevails in the aftermath of upcoming review of housing in the North. The Sinn Féin Assembly team should ensure that: Derry City Comhairle Ceantair West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis: Louth Comhairle Ceantair Recognising the right to adequate housing and the fact that there are many houses rented by local authorities are without adequate heating, insulation and solar energy, this Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to make adequate funding available to renovate council housing stock so that people can live in a standard of accommodation that is conducive to good health and comfort. This Ard Fheis also calls for sufficient funding to be made for the Warmer Homes Scheme to enable the nine-month waiting list to be tackled in a timely manner. There are currently hundreds of homes awaiting these essential works to be done. Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls for greater regulation of private landlords and the introduction of rent controls as a means to tackle increasing housing costs to the public purse as opposed to the imposition of arbitrary housing benefit caps and under-occupancy (‘bedroom tax’) penalties to the detriment of tenants in the Six Counties. This Ard Fheis also calls on the Irish Government and the Executive to produce legislation to ensure the rights of private tenants are protected and that all premises rented are fit for purpose. McCabe/Quigley Cumann, Dublin West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis calls: McCabe/Quigley Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to immediately allocate adequate funding to address the scandal of unfinished estates and demand that the Controller and Auditor General be tasked with investigating: Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis, noting that some homes built in recent years are of poor quality and in some cases negligent (as exemplified in Priory Hall and in homes affected by pyrite) calls on the Irish Government to work towards cancelling the debt incurred by those owner-occupiers who purchased their properties in good faith without those individuals incurring negative credit ratings. O’Malley/Russell Cumann, Dublin That owners of leasehold property still held by foreign and/or absentee landlords should have their interest in said property enlarged to the status of freehold upon application to the Land Registry and for this process to occur immediately and without cost to the Irish citizen. If the landlord is unknown, or does not want to facilitate this procedure, then any costs incurred through the use of a Ground Rent Arbitrator should be paid by the state. Collins/McGreevy Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis respectfully notes the difficulties faced by all those who experience homelessness and the obstacles faced relating to housing transition involving those who have misused substances. Terry Clarke Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls that, in the event of any bankruptcy proceedings being issued against an individual, the protection of the family house should be capped to a value €1million. The home then being sold with the finance raised in excess of €1milion used to pay off creditors. Smyth/Savage Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis recognises that: This Ard Fheis reiterates: - Our continued commitment to provide leadership and stand with the people of rural Ireland in a fightback as part of the ongoing Sinn Féin ‘Love Rural Ireland’ campaign launched in Castlebar in March 2012; - Our goal to ensure Oireachtas support for our recently launched ‘Defending Rural Ireland’ plan which provides clear solutions and a long-term vision for the regeneration and growth of rural communities, investment in job creation across rural Ireland as outlined in Sinn Féin job creation proposals; - To reinstate the position of Minister for Rural Affairs as a full Cabinet position contained wholly within one of the existing portfolios; - Endorses the recently launched document ‘The Future of Rural Ireland – Mapping a Pathway to Recovery’. Ard Chomhairle Charlie Hurley Cumann, Co. Cork McDonnell/O’Shea Cumann, Cork Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to engage fully with representatives of the turfcutters and contractors, along with other relevant stakeholders, to develop and adopt an acceptable strategy for the management of raised bogs in Ireland which will ensure that conflict can be avoided and that traditional rights to cut turf can be exercised whenever possible, whilst acknowledging the vital role that turfcutters play in maintaining the bogs and protecting the environment. Galway West Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis notes the spiralling number of young people who are unemployed and forced to emigrate. We recognise that Mayo and other counties along the Western seaboard have been blighted by emigration for many generations. This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to address this crisis as a matter of urgency. O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis notes the policing crisis in rural communities. We call for the reversal of cuts to Garda numbers, vehicles, and for the reopening rural Garda stations. This Ard Fheis also calls upon the Minister for Justice to initiate a complete overhaul of the Community Alert Scheme in rural Ireland, including: Donegal Comhairle Ceantair West Waterford Cumann O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls for the reopening of the post office in Duncormick village in south Wexford which has been closed without explanation for the past nine months, causing considerable hardship for the local community and huge loss of revenue for nearby businesses. Parle/Crean/Hogan Cumann, Wexford This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to remove the stipulation that septic tanks not registered before February 1st 2013 will not be eligible for future grants to upgrade. John Francis Green Cumann, Co. Monaghan This Ard Fheis calls for the development of a Childcare Strategy and calls on the minister for Agriculture in the north to bring forward measures to assist rural childcare provision. Coalisland/Clonoe Martyrs Cumann This Ard Fheis condemns the cutting of the LIS (Local Improvement Scheme) which is vital for the repairing and upgrading of the huge network of local roads throughout rural Ireland. Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Transport to enhance and expand the Rural Transport Programme whilst maintaining and supporting the existing delivery mechanisms which provide vital local transport services to communities in rural areas. Máirtín Ó Cadhain Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis notes with concern the inequality of broadband provision. Rural areas are being denied a service or being forced to pay over the odds for a broadband connection. We welcome the plans from the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the North to invest £5million in broadband. We call on the Executive to ensure that all rural areas have full access to broadband. Coalisland/Clonoe Martyrs Cumann, Tyone This Ard Fheis deplores the situation in north Mayo where the National Rural Development Programme has not been in operation since the closure of MFG (Meitheal Forbatha na Gaeltachta) in September 2011. We call on Environment Minister Hogan to reinstate the programme with immediate effect and ringfence the monetary allocation outstanding to this region. Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls for the radical reform of the Common Agriculture Policy's Single Farm Payments system to ensure a much fairer distribution of the overall budget to small farmers and a much fairer geographic spread of the payments. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the 26-County Minister for Agriculture to enact similar legislation to that introduced by Minister Michelle O’Neill in the Six Counties to allow farmers with legitimate excuses to spread slurry during the winter months. Recent wet summers have made it impossible for farmers to complete this process within the set deadline. Parle/Crean/Hogan Cumann, Wexford Large multinational corporations are buying up large tracts of agricultural land around the world to exploit imminent increased world food shortages. In concert with its policy concerning Irish people’s ownership of the country’s natural resources, this Ard Fheis calls on the party to do everything in its power to oppose large foreign/multinational corporation purchases of large tracts of agricultural land in Ireland and to condemn the practice internationally while ensuring individual foreign nationals may still purchase residential properties and small adjoining plots of land. This Ard Fheis requests that regular reports be requested to show the extent of sales of agricultural land to outside bodies. Michael J. Marren Cumann, Sligo This Ard Fheis calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Government to adopt the Six-County TVR bovine TB eradication programme in the 26 Counties. While recognising the major problem bovine TB is for farmers, the current culling policy is not working and is not the best use of a €70million budget allocated to deal with the issue of bovine TB. The Test/Vaccinate/Remove programme recently introduced in the Six Counties represents a more systematic programme and is a better use of valuable taxpayers’ money. Markievicz/Ryan Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis commits Sinn Féin to establishing a Farm Retirement Package and restoring REPS Installation Aid & Area Based Payments as a matter of urgency, recognising that failure to take such action now to protect small farmers will result in the large-scale disappearance of our traditional family farms and rural communities. McDonnell/O’Shea Cumann, Cork This Ard Fheis condemns the erosion of Farm Assist over the last two Budgets which means farm families are driven into poverty and demands the original criteria be used to calculate means assessment. Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls for an adequate permanent compensation package to be put in place for farm families who are restricted in farming practices and planning permission where lands are designated as a SAC (Special Area of Conservation), NHA (National Habitats Area) and SPA (Special Protection Area). Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis congratulates Sinn Féin Ministers Michelle O’Neill and Carál Ní Chuilín on their work in supporting the fishermen and bringing Lough Neagh into public ownership. East and South Tyrone Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis recognises the economic hardship suffered by our coastal communities due to the decline of the Irish commercial fishing industry and pledges to do everything within its power to reverse the economic decline of these communities. This Ard Fheis commends the Six-County Fisheries Minister Michelle O'Neill for her leadership in securing a 6% increase in the local prawn quota despite a proposed cut by the EU Commission of 12%. In light of future reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy, it calls on her to work with stakeholders across the island in an effort to protect and promote the Irish fishing industry. South Down Comhairle Ceantair McGrath/O’Brien Cumann, Waterford This Ard Fheis opposes the development of fish farms in the west of Ireland as they have a serious impact on the wild salmon that comes to the west coast. There are also pollution issues with fish farming and in some cases the revenue generated from these farms does not go back into the local economy. Murt Qualter Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis propose that Ireland should seek a substantial renegotiation of the Common Fisheries Policy. Since Ireland’s membership we have seen the erosion of our fishing industry, the destruction of our fishing communities and the loss of any substantial benefit to the Irish people from one of our greatest natural resources at the expense of others, which properly managed in Ireland’s interest has the potential to be a fundamental building block in developing a sustainable, self-sufficient economy. McDonnell/O’Shea Cumann, Cork This Ard Fheis recognises the importance of traditional activities such as cutting seaweed, gathering shellfish and inshore fishing and calls on the Irish Government to develop policies and legislation that will support coastal communities to continue and to develop these because of their inherent economic, social and cultural importance. Máirtín Ó Cadhain Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis, in the light of the recent crisis in the food industry, calls for greater co-operation between the food safety authorities North and South, and for regular meetings at ministerial and departmental level to co-ordinate monitoring of the food sector to ensure full traceability and to promote the use of Irish-produced meat. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis welcomes the EU decision to extend Country of Origin Labelling to include meat from pigs, sheep, goats and poultry but is calling for further transparency on processed foods with ingredients from many countries. This Ard Fheis is calling for ‘‘Verifiable Country of Origin’’ labelling on all farm produce sold by retailers to ensure that consumers are not confused and undermine local producers by passing off imports as Irish as is the case currently (e.g. through the use of Tricolours, shamrocks, green labels and so on), especially as the EU debate about Country of Origin Labelling has effectively been postponed. Markievicz/Ryan Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis reaffirms its commitment to consolidating the new beginning to policing envisaged in the Good Friday Agreement and reflected in the outcome of the Patten Commission Report in 1999. This Ard Fheis further reaffirms its commitment to take immediate steps towards an all-Ireland policing service. The requirement for a policing service which is civic in nature, accountable, human rights compliant and representative of the community it serves remains a political imperative. We commend the work of party members on the Policing Board in their continuing efforts to develop confidence in the new policing dispensation and, in particular, in their tackling of differential policing practices, their focus on the role and remit of the NCA, their confronting the scandal of rehiring Patten retirees, and their work to bring about a policing service fully representative of the community it serves. Ard Chomhairle Doherty/Delaney Cumann, Meath This Ard Fheis: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls for substantial fines for any person found abandoning their animals. McCabe/Quigley Cumann, Dublin (Amended) This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Justice to bring forward legislation that puts in place a Sentencing Council and new Sentencing Guidelines for the judiciary to ensure accountability and consistency in sentencing, particularly for violent crimes and sexual assaults. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae (Amended) This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Justice to bring forward legislation that puts in place a Sentencing Council and new Sentencing Guidelines for the judiciary to ensure accountability and consistency in sentencing, particularly for violent crimes and sexual assaults. Further calls on the Minister for Justice to ensure that any remission granted to persons convicted of sexual offences is based on participation in the Prison Service’s Sex Offenders Treatment Programmes and demonstrable rehabilitation. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae That Sinn Féin endorses the ‘Turn Off The Red Light’ campaign supported by trade unions and a wide range of civic society organisations. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis recognises that trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation is a modern form of slavery and notes with concern the growing crime of human trafficking in Ireland and calls on all the relevant agencies on the island to work together and co-operate fully with one another in order to comprehensively tackle this very serious problem. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo Nolan/Downey Cumann, Belfast This Ard Fheis proposes that an Ombudsman board be established on an all-Ireland basis to deal with and monitor the judiciary and oversee that procedures and judgments are followed accordingly. Murt Qualter Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis proposes that transcripts of proceedings in the district and circuit court should be made available through the court services. This would be beneficial to the plaintiff, defendant and the general public in case of appeals or clarification. Murt Qualter Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis fully supports the need for legislative change in relation to the requirement for unanimous verdicts in Coroners’ Courts in the Six Counties. In line with the practice in the 26 Counties, Britain and other jurisdictions, majority verdicts should be the legal requirement for coronial inquests. Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis notes: This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to: Drumm/Doherty Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to abolish the Defamation Act 2009 (blasphemy law) on the basis it is unconstitutional as it infringes on rights given to Irish citizens in Bunreacht na hÉireann: “Article 40.1.i The state guarantees liberty for the exercise of the following rights, subject to public order and morality: i. The right of the citizens to express freely their convictions and opinions.” Drumm/Doherty Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis condemns the cut in the phone allowance for pensioners and calls upon the Minister for Justice to initiate a scheme to allow elderly citizens to access home alert systems without having to incur unnecessary phone charges Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls for the immediate abolition of the unregulated, privatised, profit-making direct provision system for asylum seekers and the introduction of a fair and equitable system. This Ard Fheis also calls for the asylum decision-making process to be removed from political interference and given to an entirely independent body which bases its decisions on the protection of human rights and for asylum seekers to be allowed work as they are willing and able and should have the same rights and conditions as anyone else. Galway West Comhairle Ceantair Benny Connolly Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis: Charlie McGlade Cumann, Dublin Galway West Comhairle Ceantair Drumm/Doherty Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis reaffirms its support for the underlying principles of the Good Friday Agreement, including equality, mutual respect and parity of esteem. It calls for a renewed focus on the basis of these principles by the two governments and the parties in the Executive on the need to give effect to the Good Friday Agreement provisions with respect to the establishment of a Bill of Rights for the North of Ireland and the creation of a charter, open to signature by all democratic political parties, reflecting and endorsing agreed measures for the protection of the fundamental rights of everyone living in the island of Ireland. Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis commits the party to work for the urgent incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into law in the 32 Counties in furtherance of our commitment to a Bill of Rights. Toman/Burns/McKerr Cumann, Upper Bann This Ard Fheis reaffirms its support of equality in all of its forms and reaffirms its support for the LGBT community and commends the work of local councillors and party members throughout both the 26- and Six-County states for pushing for the extension of full marriage rights to the LGBT Community and An Phoblacht for its continued coverage of these important issues. Therefore, this Ard Fheis calls for: Martin Hurson Cumann, UCC Dublin Cúige West Waterford Cumann In the wake of recent events involving door security staff, this Ard Fheis calls upon Quality and Qualifications Ireland to extend the requirements for programme content to training providers. FETAC courses that govern door security procedures should emphasise the rights of minority groups such as members of the LGBT and Traveller communities as laid down in the Equal Status Act Dublin Cúige Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City This Ard Fheis calls upon the Irish Government to remove all possible “ethos based” exemptions from ‘he Employment Equality Act that permits medical, religious and educational organisations to discriminate against their LGBT employees. This Ard Fheis also calls upon the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) to review its policy on blood donations from men who have sex with men. Dublin Cúige This Ard Fheis commends the work done by the party in highlighting the plight of the Traveller community in Ireland and in particular with highlighting the level of discrimination faced by travellers North and South. This Ard Fheis also commends Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD for his Traveller Ethnicity Recognition Bill which is to be brought before the Dáil and which, amongst other measures, will extend Ethnic Minority Status to Irish Travellers. This motion calls upon the party to build on the work of Pádraig and others within the party to continue to highlight the plight of the Traveller community in Ireland to lobby for Ethnic Minority Status. West Waterford Cumann Muff Cumann, Donegal This Ard Fheis commends the Minister for Education in the Six Counties, John O'Dowd, for his leadership in resisting any attempts to abolish the Educational Maintenance Allowance; the investment he delivered to secure the future of the Allowance; and for ensuring it will be targeted at those in greatest need. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis calls on Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton to immediately remove the blocks to people seeking the Back to Education Allowance. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis recognises the important role colleges of further education play in the educational needs of people from disadvantaged areas. We condemn the recent Budget measures announced by 26-County Education Minister Ruairí Quinn which saw increases to the pupil-teacher ratio from 17:1 to 19:1 for Post Leaving Certificate Programmes This Ard Fheis also notes that these measures have resulted in the loss of an estimated 200 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) posts, meaning in excess of 400 teachers losing their jobs and we call on the Minister for Education to reverse this decision. Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City This Ard Fheis commends the Minister for Education in the Six Counties, John O’Dowd, and the spokesperson on Education in the 26 Countis, Jonathan O’Brien, for their work on the issue of bullying in schools. This Ard Fheis calls for: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City This Ard Fheis mandates its Six-County and 26-County spokespersons on Education to work together to ensure that children who have behavioural and/or special educational needs have the necessary supports and resources available to them to ensure their fullest academic potential. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis condemns the failure by successive Irish governments to provide adequate community and public facilities in areas of major population growth during the past 15 years with particular reference to school facilities and school places. Thomas Ashe Cumann, Meath Sinn Féin recognises the need for greater cross-border co-operation in terms of second-level education for pupils with autism, and campaigns through our Education Minister in the Northern Executive and Education spokesperson in the Dáil to remove any bureaucracy which prevents second level schools from accommodating autistic children from neighbouring counties on either side of the border. This Ard Fheis recognises that such a move would ease the burden of families in border areas that currently send their children on long journeys to access education while a suitable school may be much closer in the neighbouring jurisdiction. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair Muff Cumann, Donegal This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn to take a more active role in the HSE reconfiguration plans that are being currently implemented and which are having an adverse impact on specialised schools for children with special educational needs. Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City This Ard Fheis acknowledges the importance of the Irish Government’s literacy and numeracy strategy which sets out to ensure young people will leave school able to read, write use mathematics in their everyday lives and in further learning. We also recognise the importance of enhancing digital learning in schools and call on the Department of Education and Skills in the 26 Counties to ensure adequate funding is made available to equip schools so they are able to improve the standard of digital learning. This Ard Fheis calls for the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy to make provision for the equal allocation of time to the teaching of Irish, English and Maths in primary schools. Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City Matthew Kane Cumann, Offaly This Ard Fheis opposes the Irish Government plans to assess capital assets when awarding higher education grants as it will unfairly penalise the children of families whose parents or guardians are self-employed and will mean many prospective third-level students from a farming background will be refused grant assistance. Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis condemns the regressive action of the Irish Government in relation to the provision of third-level education. We call on the Government to provide universal access to education, abolish student contributions and reform the grants system to take into account the real cost of going to college. In the interim, this Ard Fheis also calls for Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn to honour his pre-election promises in relation to student fees, and reverse the hike in the student registration fee contained in Budget 2013. Terry Clarke Cumann, Dublin Donegal Comhairle Ceantair Pearse/McCann Cumann, Tipperary This Ard Fheis notes the independent review into Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) and calls for the full implementation of its recommendations in order to ensure students applying for third level grants will never have to endure the hardship and stress that resulted from the failings of SUSI in 2012/13. Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City We call on the Executive in the North and the Irish Government to make a decisive shift towards preventative spending and early-intervention initiatives, giving particular focus to both the early years and to the targeting of those most in need. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis recognises that fostering a job creating and entrepreneurial spirit should begin in schools and that schools should look to people who have achieved in this area act as mentors. This Ard Fheis also notes that the system of placing young people on compulsory TÚS schemes is not working. We call for root and branch reform of the scheme making it more relevant to the young unemployed. Roscommon Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn to develop a specific Irish-language post-primary curriculum directed at Gaeltacht schools, Galescoileanna and fluent Irish-language speakers within the system to enhance the teaching of Irish and develop a greater proficiency and richness in our national language at second level. This Ard Fheis also calls on the Department of Education and Skills to establish a programme of financial supports for student teachers, targeted at those in most need, to facilitate their participation in the Gaeltacht placement programme. Galway West Comhairle Ceantair Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City (Amended) This Ard Fheis calls on Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn to make summer courses in the Gaeltacht more accessible to students who wish to participate in them by providing suitable financial assistance. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Ard Chomhairle West Galway Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis reaffirms its commitment to the diversity of our education system, North and South. Sinn Féin is committed to more cohesion, sharing and integration in our education system. Our education system should be responsive towards the problems of sectarianism and division within our society. This strategy should play an integral role in the reconciliation process and the fostering of respect for diversity. It is therefore important that we have a broad, objective curriculum wherein differing identities are included. Modern Irish history should be taught in an impartial manner to ensure that our children can learn from history to create a more inclusive future. Pearse/McCann Cumann, Tipperary This Ard Fheis recognises the impact of the austerity cuts that the Fine Gael/Labour Government has introduced in the past two years on the education system. This Ard Fheis opposes cutting the education budget and calls for: Countess Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann, Cork City This Ard Fheis: Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Party Government to reverse the cuts to the Respite Care Grant. Carers provide an essential service to people they care for and to society as a whole. This cut comes at a time when respite services are being steadily cut back across the state due to the Government imposing cuts to the health service. This money is invaluable to the families affected and it is again this Government attacking the most vulnerable in society. Noel McCann Cumann, Galway Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis condemns the callous way this Irish government has cut hundreds of thousands of Home Help Hours from the elderly and most vulnerable people living in our country. We demand that these hours be reinstated and further hours be allocated to enable people to receive the necessary care and support to remain in their own homes. Erris Cumann, Mayo Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis applauds young graduate nurses for their successful boycott campaign against the grossly inequitable “yellow pack” two-year nursing contracts, with greatly reduced pay, initiated by Health Minister James Reilly and the HSE, who have also signalled similar schemes for other graduate health professionals. We call for the withdrawal of this scheme and for the Health Minister and the HSE to enter meaningful dialogue with the nursing unions who have expressed their willingness to discuss genuine savings while protecting the already reduced pay and conditions of nurses. We demand the lifting of the recruitment ban which damages the capacity of our public health services to provide care to patients and which is driving young health professionals, educated at great cost in Ireland, to emigrate. Ard Chomhairle Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis: Louth Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis reaffirms Sinn Féin’s commitment to work to achieve an All-Ireland Health Service, with care free at the point of delivery and access based on medical need alone, funded from fair general taxation. We deplore the undermining of the public health service in the 26 Counties and the erosion of the NHS in the Six Counties by conservative governments in Dublin and London. We note the persistent and growing inequalities in health outcomes as highlighted by such reports as ‘Eliminating Health Inequalities – A Matter of Life and Death’ (Tasc, 2011), ‘Healthcare Guaranteed? The Right to Health in Ireland’ (Amnesty International, 2011), and the Assembly Health Committee ‘Review of Health Inequalities Report’ (2012) and its nine recommendations; We also note that the promise held out by the, ‘Investing for Health’ strategy to decrease inequalities in health has not been delivered; We resolve to continue campaigning, North and South, for effective social, economic and healthcare measures to eliminate health inequalities and to deliver health services equitably and efficiently to all our people. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the North to reassure parents that the future service model for paediatric congenital cardiac services will prioritise the needs of their children; This Ard Fheis further calls upon the Health Minister to explore fully an all-island solution with his counterpart, James Reilly. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis, recognising Health Minister James Reilly's failure at the helm of the health services in the South – including his disregard for objective and independent selection criteria, his ongoing protection of elites within medicine, as well as his failure to deliver promised savings on the state's drugs bill and the cost of private healthcare in public facilities – calls on him to resign his position and further calls on the Irish Government to heed the warnings of international experience and abandon its plan for a model of healthcare delivery based on multiple competing private insurers. Thomas Ashe Cumann, Meath Michael J. Marren Cumann, Sligo This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Health and the HSE to make clinical supervision mandatory for the nursing profession in the 26 Counties considering the increased evidence base of the benefits of clinical supervision has for both nurses and patients. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Health to decentralise Medical Card applications and to review the application processes. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Health in the 26 Counties, as an interim step to a health service that is free at the point of delivery, to reduce the monthly drug payment charge of €144 for non-medical card holders back to the 2008 charge of €90. Logue/Marley Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on Health Ministers Edwin Poots and James Reilly to jointly launch and run an awareness campaign on the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer. Julie Dougan Cumann, Upper Bann This Ard Fheis calls for: Ard Chomhairle Donegal Comhairle Ceantair Benny Connolly Cumann, Dublin Coen/Savage Cumann, Sligo This Ard Fheis: Therefore, this Ard Fheis proposes that legislation be drafted with the aim of implementing the following changes: Martin Hurson Cumann, UCC Toman/Burns/McKerr Cumann, Upper Bann Julie Dougan Cumann, Upper Bann Thomas Ashe Cumann, Meath Coalisland/Clonoe Martyrs Cumann West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair Six County Cúige Darcy/Mellows Cumann, NUI Galway Terry Clarke Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis: This Ard Fheis calls on: Ard Chomhairle This Ard Fheis notes and welcomes Sinn Féin’s support for the Medical Treatment Bill 2012 and the initiative taken by the party in tabling a motion under Private Member’s Business urging the Government to legislate in line with the X Case ruling. Sinn Féin calls on the Irish Government to introduce legislation, without delay, which ensures pregnant women have the right to choose any and all medical treatment regardless of the circumstances. Pádraig Pearse Cumann, Derry City James Connolly Cumann, Dublin That all Sinn Féin members be allowed to articulate and vote on the issue of abortion according to their conscience. Doherty/Delaney Cumann, Meath Barrett/MacCurtain Cumann, Cork Wicklow Comhairle Ceantair Muff Cumann, Donegal Fullerton/Mac Lochlainn/O’Hagan Cumann, Donegal This Ard Fheis affirms Sinn Féin's support for the devolving of services from the network of overstretched acute general hospital sites to those smaller hospitals that have lost key services over recent years and that can play a greater role in the delivery of healthcare than is currently the case. We call on government to immediately commence this process, thereby setting in train the return of these hospitals to a more central role in the overall delivery of services across the state. Monaghan Comhairle Ceantair Gleeson Cumann, Wexford This Ard Fheis calls for no further delays in the construction of the new National Children’s Hospital. This Ard Fheis acknowledges the legacy of Mayo republican Dr Kathleen Lynn, a doctor, social activist, suffragette and revolutionary, who transformed health care services to women and children and the poor in tenement Dublin. We recognise her pioneering role in the eradication of TB. This Ard Fheis calls for the new National Children’s Hospital to be named the ‘The Kathleen Lynn National Children’s Hospital’. O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo Charlie McGlade Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls on the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and the Executive to make the new regional women and children’s hospital a priority. West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis commends all community-led campaigns to retain hospital services. This Ard Fheis supports the calls to reinstate A&E, acute medical and intensive care services in Louth County Hospital. In order for these services to be reinstated in an orderly and sustainable manner, this Ard Fheis calls on the HSE and Department for Health and Children to provide a 24/7 MIU service in Louth County Hospital, supported by a Medical Assessment Unit. These services will build capacity and support staff and management to plan the reinstatement of A&E, acute medical and intensive care services. Rogers/Martin Cumann, Louth This Ard Fheis calls on Minister for Health James Reilly to honour his pledge made on behalf of Fine Gael prior to the last general election that in the event of Fine Gael assuming government cancer care services would be returned to Sligo Regional Hospital. Noble Six/O’Flanagan/MacManus Cumann, Sligo This Ard Fheis calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Government to provide Galway Hospice with the necessary shortfall in funding so as to ensure the future retention of this vital service. Mulvoy/Campbell Cumann, Galway City This Ard Fheis opposes the downgrading of Mayo General Hospital and the Sacred Heart Home Hospital in Castlebar and the closure of beds in Belmullet Hospital as well as cuts to primary care services and calls on Minister for Health James Reilly and An Taoiseach Enda Kenny to reinstate services and to guarantee the future of Mayo General and the Sacred Home Hospitals in Castlebar and the reopening of the beds in Belmullet Hospital. O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis supports the people in Donegal in their call for the retention and protection of the community hospitals across the county. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair Given the increase of patients at Portunicla Hospital and as a result of the downscaling of services at Roscommon General Hospital by the Fine Gael/Labour Government, and because of the moratorium on recruitment, this Ard Fheis recognises the crucial role played by the staff at Portunicala Hospital in Ballinasloe and commits to the campaign to have proper resources and staffing levels in place to allow the hospital to operate as an efficient Grade 3 hospital Noel McCann Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis notes the construction of a state-of-the-art community nursing unit in Inchicore, Dublin, completed almost two years ago at a cost of €12.4million which has never been opened. It condemns the failure of Minister for Health James Reilly and the Health Service Executive to provide sufficient resources to properly staff the unit, calls on the HSE to lift the embargo on the recruitment of staff, and to refrain from using a public private partnership to complete the project in preference to public provision of services. Emmet/Clarke Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis believes that Irish drug policy over the last 30 years has been dominated extensively by a reductionist medical prescription model around heroin, failing in any meaningful way to address the causes, social inclusion and totality of drug use in any meaningful way. This Ard Fheis calls for the following to occur: Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis expresses growing concern on the misuse of both legal and illegal drugs in Limerick City. There is a major drugs problem in the city, especially in the increased use of both heroin and benzodiazepines. In this context we are disappointed that the recently-produced Government report ‘Report on the Review of Drugs Task Forces and the National Structures Under Which They Operate’ which fails to recommend the establishment of a dedicated Local Drugs Task Force for Limerick City. Due to the severity of the drugs problem in the city, this Ard Fheis calls on the Government to amend this policy and to provide a well-resourced Local Drugs Task Force in Limerick City as a priority. Clancy/O’Callaghan Cumann, Limerick City This Ard Fheis call for an all-Ireland approach to alcohol and drug treatment with the aim to: Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls for Minister for Health along with the ICGP to review the Methadone Protocol /Opioid Treatment Protocol and its effectiveness in rural areas, specifically looking at the low uptake of Level 1 training and the sparse provision of Level 2 GPs. Reasons for this need to examined with solutions in focus. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the party to initiate a study on legislation across the EU on laws relating to the treatment and detention of those who are alcohol dependent, end-stage alcoholism and those with a presumptive diagnosis of alcohol-related brain injury (ARBI) as alcohol misuse is no longer treated under the Mental Health Act in Ireland or the Mental Health Act NI and there is no other legislative framework for the treatment of this cohort of patients. The system is failing and many families are suffering and treatment providers are limited as there is no law in place. Donegal Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis expresses our support for the All Trials Campaign which is calling for European laws requiring that all clinical trial results are reported. Patients, researchers, pharmacists, doctors and regulators everywhere will benefit from publication of clinical trial results. Thousands of clinical trials have not reported their results and some trials have not even been registered. The lack of transparency in clinical trials leads to bad treatment decisions, missed opportunities for good medicine and trials being repeated. Markievicz/Ryan Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis calls for recognition of disease prevention through diet, nutrition and lifestyle: West Waterford Cumann This Ard Fheis requests that all local authorities carry out inspections to assess accessibility of playgrounds for children with disabilities and allocate adequate resources to ensure that all playgrounds and equipment are fully accessible. Erris Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis calls on all local authorities to show the short film ‘Welcome to Our World’ to council representatives and officials. The film depicts the daily struggles for wheelchair users and examines if enough is being done to ensure accessibility in places such as public buildings. That each local authority be called upon to implement develop and fully implement appropriate disability policies and infrastructure to service the needs of citizens in this regard. Mairéad Farrell Cumann, Galway City This Ard Fheis recognises the significant health benefits that accrue from use of the Artassist device and calls on Minister for Health James Reilly to immediately restore funding to those patients in Galway and Mayo who require this limb-saving, cost-effective, non-invasive therapy. Galway West Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae Clancy/O’Callaghan Cumann, Limerick City West Waterford Cumann Charlie McGlade Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis reaffirms our support for the demands of the survivors of symphysiotomy for full Irish Government recognition of this practice for the barbaric act that it was and for full truth, justice and redress for all the women involved and again calls on the Government to suspend the statute of limitations for this cohort of women to allow the victims to take a legal route with their case. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae Monaghan Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Government to provide full and adequate redress for all those victims of former consultant Michael Neary who were excluded because of their age from the original redress scheme in line with pre-election and Programme for Government commitments and without further delay. Monaghan Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis supports the aims of the Committee of the Forgotten: All human remains found by the state are put on a national database; That the state spares no expense in DNA testing the remains found; iii. That the remains are released to the relevant families as soon as possible; That in the case of remains not being matched to a family, that the remains are released to a relevant charity in order that they be given a dignified funeral. Cathal Brugha/Kevin Lynch Cumann, Waterford This Ard Fheis recognises: This Ard Fheis agrees: This Ard Fheis call for: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae This Ard Fheis condemns the attitude of the Government in the South towards the Irish language, particularly the decision to amalgamate the Office of the Language Commissioner with the Office of the Ombudsman, and the elimination of elections to the Údarás na Gaeltachta. This Ard Fheis recognises: This Ard Fheis declares: Coiste Náisiúnta Óige This Ard Fheis commends the efforts of the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure Carál Ní Chuilín to ensure that the Irish language is accessible to all sections of the community through the Líofa 2015 campaign. Derry City Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis calls on Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan to direct all local authorities to adopt a pro-Irish signage policy, such as that in Galway City and county councils amongst others, so that street names and housing estates be given Irish-language names in future. Galway West Comhairle Ceantair This Ard Fheis : This Ard Fheis calls on the Heritage Minister to use this dialogue as a basis on which to formulate a new plan for the development of the Historic 1916 Quarter/Battlefield Site in time for the centenary of the 1916 Rising. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae This Ard Fheis welcomes plans to build a museum at the site of Richmond Barracks in Inchicore, Dublin – where the leaders of the Easter 1916 Rising were tried before being taken to be executed in Kilmainham Jail – and encourages the Government to ensure the contract for construction of this new facility includes a local labour clause. Emmet/Clarke Cumann, Dublin In recognising the significance of 2016 and the build-up to centenary celebrations, this Ard Fheis: Recognises: Galway West Comhairle Ceantair Logue/Marley Cumann, Dublin Tom Kealy Cumann, Kildare This Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government to ensure that the interpretative centre in honour of Pádraig Mac Piarais in Ros Muc, Co Galway, be completed in time for the 1916 centenary celebrations and that the funding necessary be made available to the OPW and Údarás na Gaeltachta and other relevant stakeholders to move the project forward without delay. Máirtín Ó Cadhain Cumann, Galway This Ard Fheis commends: This Ard Fheis: Six-County Cúige This Ard Fheis urges the Football Association of Ireland and the Irish Football Association to start the process for forming one International team for the whole island and a league structure for a 32-county league, inviting applications from all clubs to develop this league. James Connolly Cumann, Dublin This Ard Fheis opposes any attempt by RTÉ to block out coverage of international rugby games on Freeview in the North of Ireland from 2014 to 2017. Hughes/O’Reilly Cumann, Cork This Ard Fheis notes the need for youth facilities in Castlebar and throughout the country. We oppose the closure of the Youth Information Centre in Castlebar and call on the Fine Gael/Labour government to provide resources for a youth facility in the town and throughout the state. O’Malley/McEvilly Cumann, Mayo This Ard Fheis commits the party to work to achieve an all-Ireland approach to the regulation of course and game angling to promote tourism. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae agus Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Toman/Burns/McKerr Cumann, Upper Bann This Ard Fheis: Hughes/O’Reilly Cumann, Cork While recognising the concerns of adjoining residents and landowners, this Ard Fheis affirms the need to defend public space in Ireland. We call on our representatives to promote this interest in keeping Ireland open for recreation and tourism along old railways, river banks, canals, and woodlands which are considered traditional rights of way. Cumann Chaisleán Nua, Limerick (Amended) This Ard Fheis recommends the promotion of cycle/walking tracks, where feasible, modelled on the Greenway in Mayo. This is both to promote primary health and exercise and also to benefit local communities through sustainable tourism. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Coen/Savage Cumann, Sligo Motion 252. (Amended) This Ard Fheis recommends the promotion of cycle/walking tracks, where feasible, modelled on the Greenway in Mayo. This is both to promote primary health and exercise and also to benefit local communities through sustainable tourism. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Coen/Savage Cumann, Sligo Motion 193. (Amended) This Ard Fheis calls on Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn to make summer courses in the Gaeltacht more accessible to students who wish to participate in them by providing suitable financial assistance. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Ard Chomhairle West Galway Comhairle Ceantair Motion 161. (Amended) This Ard Fheis calls on the Minister for Justice to bring forward legislation that puts in place a Sentencing Council and new Sentencing Guidelines for the judiciary to ensure accountability and consistency in sentencing, particularly for violent crimes and sexual assaults. Further calls on the Minister for Justice to ensure that any remission granted to persons convicted of sexual offences is based on participation in the Prison Service’s Sex Offenders Treatment Programmes and demonstrable rehabilitation. AMENDED MOTION PASSED Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Contae
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Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Chontae Cumann Thomas Allen (Baile Átha Troim) Cumann James Stephens (Cathair Chill Chainnigh) Cumann Liam Ryan (Baile Átha Luain) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo polasaí reatha Shinn Féin chun cearta tionóntaí a dhaingniú trí shlándáil níos fearr ar thréimhsí tionachtaí agus fíorchinnteacht maidir le cíos a thabhairt isteach. Creideann Sinn Féin gur cheart go mbeadh faoiseamh cánach ar mhorgáistí tiarnaí talún nasctha le sábháilteacht níos fearr tionóntachta agus cíosa a sholáthar. Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo, dá bhrí sin, ar Rialtas na hÉireann faoiseamh cánach de 100% a sholáthar do thiarnaí talún a sholáthraíonn tréimhsí tionóntachtaí d’fhad nach bhfuil srian leo agus cinnteacht cíosa trí léirmheasanna cíosa a nascadh trí innéacs, chomh maith le faoiseamh úis mhorgáiste a laghdú go 50% le haghaidh tiarnaí talún nach soláthraíonn tionóntachtaí d’fhad nach bhfuil srian leo agus cinnteacht cíosa trí léirmheasanna cíosa a nascadh. Cumann Black/ Ryan (Leamhcán) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo an tuarascáil is déanaí ó Choiste na Náisiún Aontaithe ar Chearta Eacnamaíocha, Sóisialta agus Cultúrtha agus taighde a choimisiúnaigh an Coimisiún um Chomhionannas ó Thuaidh atá luaite san iniúchadh is déanaí a rinneadh ar Thithíochta agus Pobail ina léirítear nach bhfuil rochtain chothrom sna 6 Chontae ar: Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann Oifigigh Inbhuanaithe Tionóntachtaí a cheapadh i ngach comhairle nach bhfuil a leithéid ann cheana féin. Cumann Doherty/Delany (An Uaimh) Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo maidir le polasaí reatha Fheidhmeannas Tithíochta Thuaisceart Éireann maidir le pointí imeaglaithe nach dtugtar san áireamh pointí a bhronnadh orthu siúd atá faoi imeagla mar gheall ar dhrochíde baile agus dá bhrí sin éilíonn sé ar an bhFeidhmeannas Tithíochta ó Thuaidh athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar a bpolasaí maidir le pointí imeaglaithe chun dul i ngleic leis seo toisc go bhfuil sé de cheart ag gach saoránach áit chónaithe shábháilte a bheith acu atá saor ón imeagla agus ón bhfoiréigean. Cumann Mhairtítigh Oileán an Ghuail/ Chluain Eo Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Aithnítear ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann James Connolly (Baile Formaid) Cuireann an Ard-Fheis seo in aghaidh iarrachtaí ar bith de chuid an Aire nó na Roinne Tithíochta, Pleanála Poiblí agus Rialtais Áitiúil chun cumhacht bhaill tofa údaráis áitiúla a laghdú, bíodh sé go díreach nó go hindíreach, gné ar bith dá gcuid pleananna forbartha contae a fhorbairt nó a leasú. Ní mór do bhaill údaráis áitiúla, atá tofa go daonlathach, an t-údarás a choinneáil chun plean forbartha contae a athrú má léiríonn sé toil na ndaoine a bhfuil siad ionadaíoch orthu, gan cead a fháil ó oifigigh feidhmiúcháin nach bhfuil tofa. Cumann Barnes/McCormack (An Muileann Gearr) Nótáiltear ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Ard Chomhairle Cumann Mairtírigh Lawlor/Mulvihill/Chlais Maolchon (Baile Uí Thaidhg/An Tóchar/Baile Dubh) Cumann Keating/Sands (An Comarach) Cumann Charlie McGlade (Droimeanach) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Peadar Clancy/Mairéad Farrell (Inis) Cumann Joe McDonnell (Droim Chiaráin) Dearbhaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo nach rachaidh Sinn Féin isteach sa rialtas sna 26 Contae ach amháin mar an pháirtí i mó suíocháin sa Dáil. Cumann Óglach Diarmuid O’Neill (Baile an Chaisleáin/Cinn Éich) Molann an Ard-Fheis seo go mbeadh an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht tugtha ar ais mar phost sinsearach aireachta i rialtas ar bith de chuid Shinn Féin sna 26 Contae agus nach mbeadh punann de chineál ar bith mar seo nasctha le réimse aireachta ar bith eile. Cumann Thomáis Ághais (An Daingean) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Shinn Féin gan dul isteach sa rialtas le páirtí eile mura mbíonn deireadh a chur le muirir uisce agus deireadh a chur leis an gcáin ar thithe teaghlaigh mar chuid den Chlár Rialtais. Cumann McGrath/Sands (Carraig na Siúire) Tugann an Ard-Fheis seo údarás gur coinníoll é roimh bhaint a bheith ag Sinn Féin le comhrialtas ar bith sna 26 Contae deireadh a chur leis an leithcheal in aghaidh daoine óga idir 18 agus 26 bliana d’aois maidir le híocaíochtaí leasa shóisialaigh agus go méadófar sa chéad bhuiséad na híocaíochtaí go dtí an leibhéal uachtarach. Cumann Tracey Cre Ros Cré Nótáiltear ag an Ard-Fheis seo mar chúis imní: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo go bhfuil 173,000 duine ag aois oibre agus 93,000 leanaí ag maireachtáil faoi bhochtaineacht i dtuaisceart na hÉireann agus éilíonn sé ar an bhFeidhmeannas atá ag teacht isteach straitéis neamhbhochtaineachta a bhfuil dóthain acmhainní ar fáil di a fhorbairt agus a chur i bhfeidhm ag a bhfuil spriocanna infhaighte agus amlínte chun í a chur i gcrích. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Chill Mhantáin Cumann McCabe/Quigley (Baile Munna) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Chontae Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis ar Rialtas na hÉireann deireadh a chur leis an leithcheal leanúnach ar 35,000 daoine breacaosta, go háirithe mná, agus íocaíocht phinisin an stáit s’acu a áireamh. Ba mhian le Sinn Féin bandaí agus rátaí pinsin réamh-Mheán Fómhair 2012 a bheith ann arís ionas go mbeidh íocaíocht níos cothroime ann dár ndaoine breacaosta. Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo gur cheart go mbeadh íocaíocht phinsin ag daoine breacaosta nuair a bhaineann siad aois phinsin amach beag beann ar na ranníocaíochtaí ÁSPC s’acu nó sos ar bith glactha ón obair ar nós am a glacadh le clann a thógáil nó aire a thabhairt do dhuine muinteartha. Oibreoidh Sinn Féin i dtreo polasaí pinsin uile-Éireann a fhorbairt bunaithe ar íocaíocht phinsin do gach duine lena chinntiú go mbíonn ioncam cuí agus cothrom do gach duine breacaosta nuair a théann siad ar scor. Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo freisin go bhfuil níos mó daoine atá 65 bliain d’aois atá ag fáil íocaíochtaí Cuardaitheora Poist ná ag catagóir ar bith eile aoise sa Stát. Aithnímid gur tharla sé seo mar gheall ar dheireadh a chur le hAistriú an Phinsin Stáit chomh maith leis an méadú ar aois an phinsin in 2014. Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann deireadh a chur leis an éagóir seo le hAistriú an Phinsin Stáit a thabhairt ar ais ionas gur féidir le daoine atá 65 bliain d’aois íocaíocht phinsin a fháil agus tacú leis an mBille um Chothromas Fostaíochta (Deireadh a chur le Scor Éigeantach) 2016, bille atá curtha síos ar chlár ag Sinn Féin, ionas gur féidir leo a bheith mar dhlí a luaithe agus is féidir. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Chontae Comhairle Ceantair Mhuineacháin Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo an sochar atá le baint as caiteachas poiblí a dhéanamh ar son leasa shóisialta. Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go bhforbrófar agus go gcuirfear i bhfeidhm Acht um Luach Sóisialta cuimsitheach ó thuaidh a mbeidh na forálacha seo a leanas ann: Cumann Joe McManus (An Garastún) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann dul i ngleic lena chuid freagrachtaí chun eisimircigh a mhealladh ar ais go hÉirinn tríd rochtain níos fusa a thabhairt d’eisimircigh ar cháipéisí cuí, árachas, ceadúnais, cuntais bhainc agus earraí riachtanacha. Cumann McEvilly/O'Malley (Caisleán an Bharraigh) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar fhoireann gheilleagrach agus airgeadais Shinn Féin iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar an ngéarchéim sna rátaí úis mhorgáiste ionas gur cinnte go dtiocfaidh ardú ar rátaí úis go suntasach agus go bhfuil morgáistí ar théarma seasta nó athraitheach ag bunús sealbhóirí tí in Éirinn. Cumann Kevin Barry/Frank Stagg ( Lárchathair Thiar Thuaidh) Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go hiomlán leis an gcáipéis pholasaí a d’fhoilsigh Sinn Féin le gairid maidir le Moltaí Leasaithe Printiseachtaí. Aithnítear sa cháipéis pholasaí seo an tábhacht a bhaineann le printiseachtaí a sholáthar do dhaoine óga a mbíonn roghanna eile oideachais agus oiliúna iontu, agus na hoibrithe oilte agus sciliúla atá ag teastáil i dtionscadail áirithe atá ag fás agus ag teacht chun tosaigh a sholáthar dár ngeilleagar. Leagtar amach sa cháipéis seo plean cúig bliana arb í an phríomhaidhm atá leis ná: Cumann Clancy/O'Callaghan (Cathair Luimnigh Thuaidh) Comhairle Ceantair na Mí Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo gur cheart tuarastal a thabhairt isteach le haghaidh daltaí triú leibhéal atá ar socrúcháin oibre agus ar intéirneachtaí sealadacha. Níor cheart go mbreathnófaí ar thuarastail den chineál seo nuair a bhítear ag cur isteach ar scéimeanna rialtais ar nós SUSI. Cumann Markievicz/Tadhg Barry (Corcaigh Thiar Thuaidh/Bardais Láir) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair an Chláir Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go bhforbrófar polasaí cuimsitheach maidir le fochonraitheoirí bréagacha in earnáil na tógála ina ndíreofar isteach ar thionchar na bhfochonarthaí bréagacha ar chearta oibrithe, ioncaim chánach agus caiteachas ar leasa sóisialta. Ba cheart go mbeadh cur síos ar na hathruithe reachtaíochta agus polasaí ba mhaith linn a fheiceáil i bhfeidhm Thuaidh agus Theas chun dul i ngleic leis na fadhbanna seo. Ina dhiaidh seo ba cheart go seolfaí feachtas agus an cháipéis pholasaí seo taobh thiar de, feachtas bunaithe ar na hathruithe riachtanacha reachtaíochta agus polasaí a dhaingniú chun oibrithe a chosaint agus chun imghabháil cánach agus calaois leasa shóisialta a laghdú. Cumann Drumm/Doherty/Clarke (Cluain Dolcáin) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Chathair Chorcaigh Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo gur cheart do chorparáidí móra ranníocaíochta cothroma agus coibhneasacha a dhéanamh le hairgeadas tíortha, dá bhrí sin, ba cheart cáin chorparáideach a mhéadú Thuaidh agus Theas, agus níor cheart é a laghdú. Ba cheart an t-ioncam breise a úsáid le dul i ngleic le heaspa dídine agus liostaí feithimh le haghaidh tithe, Thuaidh agus Theas. Cumann Mairtírigh Chluain Aird Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo nár cheart don Tionól ó Thuaidh cáin chorparáideach a laghdú, agus gur cheart go dtiocfadh comhoiriúnú ar cháin chorparáideach ar fud an oileáin mar gheall ar ardú ar an gcáin chorparáideach ó Dheas. Cumann Óige Náisiúnta Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar an rialtas, agus í ag caint go bhfuil leibhéil na dífhostaíochta ag titim, reachtaíocht a thabhairt isteach go mbíonn íosmhéid de 20 uair an chloig i dtréimhse cúig lá ag baint le poist a thugtar do dhaoine óga, agus an tuarastal maireachtála mar threoir chun rátaí a íoc. Cumann James Connolly (An Chathair) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann na coinníollacha cáilíochta le haghaidh FIS (i.e. ag obair 19 uair an chloig sa tseachtain ar a laghad) a leasú ionas go gcuirfear san áireamh oibrithe ar ioncam íseal nó ar chonarthaí uaireanta ísle. Cumann Bob Smith (Dún Droma) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo na féidearthachtaí fostaíochta a bhaineann le comharchumainn oibrithe agus dá bhrí sin tacaíonn le polasaí nua an pháirtí air seo agus Éilíonn ar an bpáirtí cinnte a dhéanamh de go dtugtar tús áite d’fheachtasaíocht le haghaidh athruithe reachtúla chun an fás na comharchumainn oibrithe a éascú ar bhonn uile-Éireann. Cumann Robert Byrne (Cathair Luimnigh Thoir) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Tá an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Léim an Mhadaidh Cumann Tom Flately (Inis Ceithleann) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar an bpáirtí ár gcuid tacaíochta a athdhearbhú maidir le hiarracht leanúnach lena chinntiú go ndéantar tosaíocht de Choimisiún Fiosrúcháin in Úinéireacht na Meán in Éirinn. Ar a bharr sin cáineann an Ard-Fheis seo an chlaontacht sna meáin in aghaidh Shinn Féin, go háirithe an chlaontacht uafásach atá léirithe ag Independent News agus Media agus Communicorp, agus aithnítear freisin an chlaontacht dhúchasach in aghaidh Shinn Féin sna meáin eile, lena n-áirítear an craoltóir stáit, RTÉ. Comhairle Ceantair Chathair Luimnigh Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Ard Chomhairle Cumann Pól Kinsella (An Fearann Thuaidh) Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo go bhfuil todhchaí na hEorpa agus creidiúnacht thionscadal an AE ag brath ar roinnt athruithe radacacha agus gur thug an tréimhse chomhairliúcháin rogha chúng agus ní thugann ceann ar bith de na roghanna sin dearbhú ar phrionsabail an daonlathais, na ceannasachta ná cearta saoránach. Leis an Ard-Fheis seo: Ard Chomhairle Cúige Lár Tíre/ Thiar Thuaidh Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo, agus í ag tabhairt faoi deara go bhfuil géarchéim airgeadais á tuar don bhliain 2018/19, ar aonad polasaí Shinn Féin plécháipéis chuimsitheach a ullmhú ar bhriseadh na hÉireann ó Aontas Airgeadaíochta an AE a chur i gcrích, ionas go mbíonn straitéis ag an bpáirtí cúinsí den chineál seo a láimhseáil má tharlaíonn siad. Cumann Tormey/Mannion (Ros Comáin Theas) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo na cúinsí diúltacha a d’fhéadfadh a bheith ann mar thoradh ar idirbheartaíocht na Breataine/AE ar tionscadal na hiascaireachta in Éirinn. Dá bhrí sin tugann an Ard-Fheis gealltanas gach agus is féidir leis a dhéanamh chun: Cumann McGrath/ O’Brien (Port Láirge Thiar) Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo go bhforfheidhmíonn Comhshocrú Buiséadach an AE rialacha iomlána ‘tomhas amháin a oireann do chách’. Is rialacha iad trína dtugtar ar gheilleagair éagsúla bhallstáit an AE fiachas poiblí a choinneáil srianta ag 60% den Olltáirgeacht Intíre agus easnaimh bhliantúla níos lú ná 3% den Olltáirgeacht Intíre. Mar gheall ar an gComhshocrú Buiséadach agus An Comhaontú Cobhsaíochta agus Fáis a tháinig roimhe tá srianta uafásacha agus doghlactha curtha ar chumas bhallstáit an AE, agus Éire san áireamh, freagra éifeachtach a thabhairt don ngéarchéim gheilleagrach trí bhearta spreagtha maicreacnamaíocha a úsáid. Bíonn tionchair chúngaithe ag ciorruithe le linn meathlaithe agus laghdaítear an geilleagar dá réir, agus is é sin go díreach a tharla i ndiaidh na gcúluithe in Éirinn, sa Spáinn, sa Ghréig agus sa Phortaingéil, agus bhí ardú sa dífhostaíocht, sa bhochtaineacht agus san éagothroime mar thoradh air. Cuireann an Comhshocrú Buiséadach srian de dhéine fhioscach ar gach ballstát a ghlac leis, agus fágtar na stáit seo ag brath go hiomlán ar pholasaithe airgeadaíochta ‘tomhas amháin a oireann do chách’ Bhanc Ceannais na hEorpa. Léiríonn an fócas aonair ag an AE ar ‘bhuiséid chothromaithe’, gan fócas comhfhreagrach ar chuntais chothromaithe trádála, léiríonn siad tiomantas d’ídeolaíocht na déine, ídeolaíocht ar theip uirthi. Diúltaíonn an Ard-Fheis don moladh go dtabharfar an Comhshocrú Buiséadach isteach mar dhlí de chuid an AE ag deireadh 2017 agus Éilíonn ar Rialtas na hÉireann a stádas ar Chomhairle na hEorpa a úsáid chun cros a chur ar an déine seo a chumhdach go síoraí i gConradh an AE. Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo leis an 13ú leasú ar Bhunreacht na hÉireann a aisghairm, leasú a chumhdaíonn gnéithe den Chomhshocrú Buiséadach mar Dhlí na hÉireann. Comhairle Ceantair Chiarraí Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo nádúr uile-Éireann an tionscadail agraibhia agus deochanna a chuireann go mór leis an ngeilleagar agus Éilíonn ar Rialtas na hÉireann a éileamh go bhfanann an Tuaisceart san Aontas Eorpach chun an tionscadal riachtanach seo a aithint agus chun maoiniú a lorg ón AE le haghaidh Fiontair Bheaga agus Mheánmhéide atá i mbun easpórtála chun a gcuid gnólachtaí a chosaint i gcomhthéacs na gcontúirtí a bheidh ann mar gheall ar an mBreatimeacht. Cumann Jimmy Joe Reynolds (Maothail) Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo: Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo, dá bhrí sin, ar Rialtas na hÉireann cinnte a dhéanamh de, faoin gClár um Fhorbairt Tuaithe 2021-27, nach údaráis áitiúla a bheidh i gceannas ar an gclár LEADER as seo amach ach go dtabharfar ar ais é d’eagraíochtaí áitiúla a bhfuil an pobal i gceannas orthu agus a bhfuil na pobail a ndéanann siad freastal orthu iontu mar eagraíochtaí. Iarraimid freisin go simpleofaí anpróiseas iarratais le haghaidh maoiniú LEADER agus go gcuirfear dlús le seoladh maoinithe faoin gclár, ionas gur féidir maoiniú tuaithe ón Eoraip, maoiniú a bhfuil géarghá leis, a thabhairt dóibh siúd is mó a bhfuil sé ag teastáil uathu. Comhairle Ceantair Chiarraí Cumann Deleaney/O’Rahilly (Bré) Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo go bhfuil an mhuintir óg ag fágáil na gceantar tuaithe mar gheall ar na blianta fada d’easpa infheistíochta agus toisc nár cuireadh straitéis tuaithe riamh i gcrích. Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo go bhfuil gá le straitéis chun deireadh a chur le himirce daoine oilte agus chun bunú comharchumainn tuaithe agus gnólachtaí a spreagadh ionas nach gcaillfear tuilleadh d’fhéiniúacht ná de nósmhaireacht beatha na tuaithe. Ní mór infheistíocht a mhéadú i seirbhísí riachtanacha tuaithe agus seirbhísí ar nós oifigí poist, iompair agus stáisiúin Ghardaí a choinneáil freisin. Cúige Lár Tíre/ Thiar Thuaidh Comhairle Ceantair Thiobraid Árann Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Charn Domhnaigh/ Mhálainne Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo go bhfuil bac á chur ar an moladh le haghaidh idirnascaire Thuaidh Theas a fhorbairt mar gheall ar mhoilla i gcúrsaí pleanála agus dlíthiúla. Tugaimid faoi deara gur dócha go leanfar ar aghaidh leis an moilleadóireacht seo a fhad is nach nglacann na pobail sin trína rachaidh an t-infreastruchtúr seo fríd leis. Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo freisin nach mbeidh an tacaíocht chuí phobail ann do línte ard-voltais a thacaíonn le piolóin agus dá bhrí sin iarrtar ar na húdaráis, Thuaidh agus Theas, ordú a thabhairt go mbeidh an tionscadal faoi thalamh de réir an dea-chleachtais is fearr idirnáisiúnta. Cumann Meegan/Harvey (Inis Caoin) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go gcaithfear go cothrom le gach réigiún le cothrom na Féinne agus le cothroime maidir le leithdháileadh post agus an bhonneagair chuí chun poist a mhealladh. Cumann Dunne/Kelly/Whitty (Baile Loch Garman) Comhairle Ceantair Loch Garman Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go dtabharfar ar ais na Comhairlí Baile agus Blocdheontais na gComhairlí Baile. Comhairle Ceantair Thiobraid Árainn Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo le dul ar aghaidh le dílárú cumhachtaí breise go comhairlí áitiúla ó Thuaidh, ach amháin é sin a bheith bunaithe ar reachtaíocht a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le reachtú rialachán “éilithe” fós le réiteach agus nach bhfuil curtha i gcrích de réir mar a aontaíodh faoin Acht um Rialtas Áitiúil 2014. Comhairle Ceantair na bhFál Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann an polasaí a bhaineann le leabharlanna gan fhoireann a athrú. Is féidir rochtain a fheabhsú ar sheirbhísí leabharlainne trí réitigh dhigiteacha ar nós na dtaisceadán beartáin a fhaightear i dtithe ósta gan poist a chur i mbaol. Cumann Mairtírigh Grey Abbey (Baile Chill Dara) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Patrick Conroy (An Caisleán Riabhach) Cumann Robert Emmet (Durlas) Cumann Noel McCann (Béal Átha na Sluaighe) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann beart a dhéanamh chun smacht a chur ar na cairtéil árachais atá freagrach as na leibhéil arda, atá ag dul in airde i gcónaí, d’árachas gluaisteáin, agus Éilíonn go dtabharfar tionscadal an árachais ghluaisteáin faoin úinéireacht an stáit agus go ndéanfaidh an Roinn Iompair, Turasóireachta agus Spóirt é a riar as seo amach. Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo freisin, mar bhaill den AE, gur féidir árachas gluaisteáin a fháil ó bhallstáit eile san AE. Cumann Caisleán Nua Thiar Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go mbeidh reachtaíocht ann lena áirithiú go mbeidh barraí rollta sábháilteachta mar riachtanais ar gach cuadrothar. Cumann McEvilly/O'Malley (Caisleán an Bharraigh) Molann an Ard-Fheis seo go mbíonn samplú de leibhéil alcóil san fhuil riachtanach in éineacht le gnáth-thástálacha fola i gcás gach taisme bóthair sa chás ina mbíonn an tiománaí ag fáil cúraim shláinte ó sholáthróir reachtach cúraim shláinte. Cumann Coen/Savage (Cúil Mhuine) Molann an Ard-Fheis seo pionós de €300 agus 3 phointe phionóis, de réir an Acht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre 2010, ar thiománaí a bhfuil taithí aige/aici, a fhad is nach sáraíonn sé/sí 80mg alcól i 100ml d’fhuil, 107mg d’alcól i 100ml de mhún agus 35mcg d’alcól i 100ml d’anáil. Cumann Gallagher/Foy (Droim Conrach) Molann an Ard-Fheis seo gur chóir amharc arís ar na srianta a bhaineann le ceadúnais hacnaithe agus tacsaithe faoin tuath in Éirinn ionas go gcuirfear deireadh leis an tiomáint ar meisce. Cumann Sean Corcoran (Coillte Mach) Cuireann an Ard-Fheis seo chun cinn, d’fhonn básuithe ar bhóithre a laghdú, agus tiomáint níos sábháilte a fheasbhú agus costas árachais a laghdú, go gcaithfear deais-cheamaraí a chur isteach i ngach gluaisteán nua. Cumann Martin Forsythe (Gleann Coilín/Áth an Ghainimh) Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo go gcaithfear an Comhbheartas Talmhaíochta (CAP) a bhogadh i dtreo córais ina ndéantar leithdháileadh ar bhonn níos cothroime. Agus go leor feirmeoirí ag streachailt le beatha a thabhairt i dtír agus gan an fheirmeoireacht a bheith tarraingteach don mhuintir óg, tá géarghá ann le dul i ngleic leis an éagothroime ollmhór sa chóras. Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo: Ard Chomhairle Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Dhonnacha De Barra (Cionn Sáile) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann tacú le caomhnú agus le forbairt phóir dhúchasacha de phlandaí agus de bheostoc na hÉireann. San idirbheartaíocht atá á déanamh maidir leis an CAP nó le forbairt réigiúnach ba cheart go mbeadh tacaíocht iontu le haghaidh chaomhnú acmhainní géiniteacha ar mhaithe le talmhaíocht inbhuanaithe. Comhairle Ceantair Mhaigh Eo Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Fergal O’Hanlon (Achadh Lon) Cumann James Crossan (Cluain/Achadh an Mheasa) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar chúiteamh a sholáthar le haghaidh feirmeoirí ar sainíodh a gcuid tailte ag Páirceanna agus Fiadhúlra a gcuirtear srian ar an bhfeirmeoir, dá bhrí sin, maidir leis an úsáid talmhaíochta a bhaineann sé as a thalamh. Cumann Jack McLoughlin (Fíonach) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo na deacrachtaí roimh eisimircigh atá ag pilleadh ar Éirinn agus iad ag iarraidh dul i mbun na feirmeoireachta. Glaoimid go mbíonn scéim faoi leith ann chun maoiniú agus cuidiú a chur ar fáil chun teidlíochtaí a sholáthar, gabháltas a fháil agus ciste a bhfuil maoiniú ceart taobh thiar de a bhunú. Cumann Jack McLoughlin (Fíonach) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo an tionchar uafásach mar gheall ar thuilte le blianta beaga anuas agus Éilíonn ar Rialtas na hÉireann an leibhéal infheistíochta i bhfaoiseamh tuilte a mhéadú agus bearta cosanta a chur i bhfeidhm chun uiscebhealaí, canálacha agus fiadhúlra na hÉireann a chosaint. Cumann James Crossan (Cluain/Achadh an Mheasa) Cumann Liam Ryan (Baile Átha Luain) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Ard Mhacha Theas Cumann Caraher/McCreesh (Baile Mhic an Ába & An Ghráinseach Mhór) Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo le feamainn a fhómhar go háirithe maidir le cósta an iarthair ag forbairt micrea-thionscail bhaile atá tiomanta don fheamainn mar acmhainn nádúrtha nach ngeillfear do chuideachtaí ón iasacht chun mí-leas nó brabús a bhaint as. Cumann Iorrais Cumann An Chláir Thuaidh Molann an Ard-Fheis seo, agus í ag aithint na tábhachta a bhaineann le leas ainmhithe, go bhforbróidh Sinn Féin cáipéis chuimsitheach pholasaí maidir le leas ainmhithe. Cumann Choill/Tigh Motháin (An Airgnigh) Cumann Tom Keely (Cill Droichid) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo cruálacht earnáil na gcearc cúbarnaí, agus is beag léi na coinníollacha ina mbíonn na hainmhithe ag fulaingt agus Éilíonn sí láithreach go gcuirfear leis an gcleachtas seo in Éirinn. Cumann Sheena Campbell (Ros Treabhair) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go gcuirfear reachtaíocht i bhfeidhm chun cosc a chur ar chúrsáil giorriacha beo, ag tabhairt faoi deara na cruálachta atá á bhfulaingt ag na giorriacha dúchasacha fiána nuair a ghabhtar iad, agus na gortuithe agus tráma a bhíonn acu. Is minic a bhíonn an bás mar thoradh air seo agus Éilítear ar Shinn Féin cáipéis a chur amach chun ár bpolasaithe sa réimse seo a léiriú. Cumann Phort Láirge Thiar Cumann Sheáin Mhic Giolla Bhríde (Cathair na Mart) Beireann an Ard-Fheis seo beannachtaí na dlúthpháirtíochta do mhuintir na Palaistíne atá ina gcónaí faoi smacht forghabhála nó ar deoraíocht. Cáineann an Ard-Fheis seo ionghabháil leanúnach thalamh na Palaistíne ar an mBruach Thiar agus Iarúsailéim Thoir, díbirt éigeantach shaoránaigh na Palaistíne agus tógáil lonnaíochtaí mídhleathacha a sháraíonn an dlí idirnáisiúnta agus Coinbhinsiún na Ginéive, Aontaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo, mar gheall ar an tiomantas atá tugtha ag Sinn Féin don Fheachtas Baghcatála, Dífheistithe agus Smachtbhannaí (BDS), nach mbeidh aon phlé ná cruinnithe ag Sinn Féin le páirtí na heite deise Likud, nó páirtithe polaitiúla ar bith eile de chuid an Iosrael a thugann cabhair nó tacaíocht, is cuma faoi rún ná go hoscailte, do leathnú méadaithe lonnaíochtaí mídhleathacha de chuid an Iosrael ar thailte na Palaistíne agus sin ag sárú an dlí idirnáisiúnta. Cumann Ruth Hackett (Maigh Nuad) Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo le muintir Phoblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó in aghaidh an chinedhíothaithe a mbíonn siad thíos leis agus chun ciúnas ginearálta na meán cumarsáide maidir le huileloscadh an Chongó a cháineadh. Cumann Sheena Campbell (Ros Treabhair) Nótáiltear ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Black Ryan (Leamhcán) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Markievicz/Ryan (Tamhlacht Láir) Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo: Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo, mar sin, le: Comhairle Ceantair Chill Mhantáin Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair na bhFál Uachtar Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair na bhFál Uachtar Aithnítear ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Tiomáineann an Ard-Fheis seo, dá bhrí sin, Sinn Féin chun athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar chur chuige an pháirtí maidir le polasaí ar an gcomhshaol agus ar athrú aeráide chun comhleanúnachas níos fearr a bhaint amach. Ina theannta sin, ag croí gach polasaí eacnamaíoch agus sóisialta, ba chóir go mbeadh fís nua de rathúnas inbhuanaithe atá comhsheasmhach le teorainneacha éiceolaíocha agus le cóir chomhshaoil. Ba cheart go dtabharfaí san áireamh san athbhreithniú taighde reatha ar ‘theorainneacha plainéid’ ina dtugtar sainmhíniú ar spás sábháilte oibrithe don chine daonna. Ard Chomhairle Cumann Charlie McGlade (Droimeanach) Comhairle Ceantair Chiarraí Cumann Nolan/Downey (Bruach an Lagáin) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo: Tiomáineann an Ard-Fheis seo, dá bhrí sin, Sinn Féin chun tabhairt faoi staidéar geilleagrach an stáit chomhsheasmhaigh d’fhonn samhalacha eile geilleagracha a aimsiú d’Éirinn. Cumann Barney McFadden (Glas-Stiall) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann cosc a chur ar phlaisteach aon- úsáide agus ar phlaisteach in-bhithmhillte - is cuma fán tiús - a aimsítear ó pheitriceimiceáin- agus ina áit sin úsáid bhith-phlaisteacha atá déanta as ábhar nádúrtha a thabhairt isteach. Comhairle Ceantair Iarthar na Gaillimhe Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Shinn Féin a leanas a fhiosrú: Cumann Ruth Hackett (Maigh Nuad) Cumann Mitchell/Sands (Carraig Mhachaire Rois) Cumann Mitchell/Sands (Carraig Mhachaire Rois) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtais na Breataine agus na hÉireann tiomantas a thabhairt maidir le Dúshlán Bonn ina mbeifear ag iarraidh: Cumann Mairtírigh Grey Abbey (Baile Chill Dara) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Caisleán Nua Thiar Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar Shinn Féin amharc ar na féidearthachtaí chun moltaí a thabhairt chun tosaigh ina mbeidh solúbthacht ann i gcláir foraoiseachta le go n-éascófar feirmeoirí nó a gcomharbaí talamh glas a dhéanamh de thalamh foraoise. Cumann Hurson-Quirke (Cathair na Gaillimhe Thiar) Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go hiomlán le Rialacha agus Rialacháin Bhunreacht an Pháirtí 2017 atá i ndiaidh teacht amach i ndiaidh comhairliúcháin mhóir sa pháirt agus moltar gur glacadh leo. Ard Chomhairle Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis go gcuirfear Fóram Náisiúnta na gComhairleoirí ar bun arís, agus go mbeidh an Fóram seo ionadaíoch ar thuairimí na gcomhairleoirí laistigh de struchtúir an pháirtí lena n-áirítear an Ard-Chomhairle. Éilíonn sé freisin go seolfar sraith de sheisiúin eolais maidir le hoiliúint, oideachas agus polasaí chun cuidiú agus tacú lenár n-iondadaithe tofa áitiúla ionadaíocht a dhéanamh ar an bpáirtithe agus a dtoghthóirí chomh maith agus is féidir leo. Cumann Keating/Sands (An Comarach) Molann an Ard-Fheis seo go mbeidh gach eolas agus bileog toghcháin curtha amach ag Sinn Féin as seo amach dátheangach, sna príomhchanúintí Gaeilge oiriúnach don cheantar ina dtugtar amach iad. Molaimid go mbíonn cothromaíocht ann don Ghaeilge leis an mBéarla i ngach foilseachán. Cumann Thomáis Ághais (An Daingean) Molann an Ard-Fheis seo gur chóir do Shinn Féin polasaí den idirdhealú dearfach a chur i bhfeidhm lena áirithiú go mbíonn cuóta socraithe de Ghaeilgeoirí ar gach fóram ionadaíoch ar fud na tíre ina mbíonn baill tofa Shinn Féin, An Dáil, An Seanad, An Tionól agus Na Comhairlí Cathracha ach go háirithe. Molaimid go gcuirtear é seo i bhfeidhm laistigh de struchtúr an pháirtí, go háirithe an Ard-Chomhairle. Cumann Martin/Tracey (Oirthear Bhéal Feirste) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar an Ard-Chomhairle athbhreithniú a thionól láithreach maidir le polasaí reatha ballraíochta lena n-áirítear earcaíocht, oiliúint agus coinneáil ball nua, agus súil ann go gcosnófar ionracas an pháirtí agus tiomantas a bhall. Ba cheart go dtabharfaí san áireamh san athbhreithniú sin ballraíocht chéimneach nó comhbhallraíocht, tréimhsí ar promhadh, cearta agus freagrachtaí agus go mbeidh cead ag cumainn agus an mhórbhallraíocht páirt a ghlacadh ann. Is iad na cuspóirí a bheadh leis an athbhreithniú seo ná páirtí níos láidre a chruthú, cuimsitheach, ina mbíonn sainmhíniú soiléir ar chearta agus freagrachtaí ballraíochta agus ina ndéantar an páirtí oiriúnach don fheidhm i sochaí seo na hÉireann, sochaí dhinimiciúil atá de shíor ag athrú. Comhairle Ceantair Chathair Chorcaigh Cumann Margaret Skinnider (Baile Gall/ Droim Conrach) Molann an Ard-Fheis seo go mbíonn an Ghaeilge ar gach clár cumainn ag gach cruinniú, is cuma má dhéanann siad a gcuid gnó tríd an nGaeilge nó nach ndéanann. Comhairle Ceantair Bhaile Átha Cliath Lár Theas Molann an Ard-Fheis seo do gach ball de Shinn Féin a bheith ina bhall de Cheardchumann i ngeall ar ról tábhachtach na gceardchumann chun saothrú forleathan agus mí-úsáid chóras an íosphá a mhaolú. Cumann Parle/Crean/Hogan/Gleeson (Teach Munna) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo an tábhacht a bhaineann le scileanna riachtanacha agus oiliúint a chur ar fáil do gach ionadaí tofa maidir le féinmharú a chosc agus ba chóir clár oiliúna a cheapadh agus a sheoladh i ngach ceantar agus a bheith ar fáil do gach gníomhaí. Cúige Éire Theas Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann An Chláir Thuaidh Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Éilíonn Ard-Fheis seo: Ard Chomhairle Aontaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo gur cheart do Shinn Féin páipéar a fhoilsiú ar aois na freagrachta coiriúla a mbeidh sé mar aidhm aige iad a fhoilsiú laistigh d’fhráma ama réasúnta. Cumann Mairtírigh an Locha (Ard Bó) Ag an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Burns/McKerr/Toman (An Lorgan) Éilíonn Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann tacaí breise a sholáthar do theaghlaigh ina bhfuil imeachtaí colscartha nó idirscartha ag tarlú: Cumann Phort Láirge Thiar Nótálann an Ard Fheis seo: Mar sin de, éilíonn an Ard Fheis seo: Cumann Mulgrew/McCracken (An Caisleán) Cumann Tom Flatley (Inis Ceithleann) Cumann Barney Morris Seamus Harvey, Crois Mhic Lionnáin Cumann Mhairtírigh Chluain Ard Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Cumann Tracey Cre, Ros Cré Agus easpa saoire máithreachais d’ionadaithe tofa áitiúil á nótáil aici, iarrann an Ard Fheis seo ar an Aire Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil: Molann an Ard Fheis seo, agus tacaíonn sí leis an obair atá déanta ag grúpaí taistealaithe. Geallan sí go n-oibreoidh Sinn Féin leis an phobal taistealaithe ag dúil le tacaíocht a thabhairt do dhuine den phobal i bhfeachtais toghchánaíochta an tSeanaid amach anseo. Cumann Martin Forsythe (Gleann Cuilinn/Áth an Ghainimh) Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Nótálann an Ard Fheis seo go bhfuil géarchéim sa tseirbhís sláinte sa Deisceart le breis agus deich mbliana anuas gan aon fheabhas faoi Rialtais na hÉireann a tháinig i ndiaidh a chéile, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, an Comhaontas Glas, an Páirtí Daonlathach agus Comhaltaí Neamhspleácha, iad uilig a lean le tráchtearrú na sláinte agus spleáchas ar an earnáil phríobháideach. Nótálann an Ard Fheis seo fosta, d’ainneoin na hoibre crua agus dhíograis na n-oibrithe iontacha inár seirbhís sláinte, go bhfuil an ghéarchéim go fóill ann mar gheall ar neamhghníomhaíocht an Rialtais agus ar éagumas Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte. Léiríonn na nithe thíos an ghéarchéim: Aithníonn an Ard Fheis seo an obair chrua atá déanta ag foirne Shinn Féin sa Dáil agus sa tSeanad d’ainneoin easaontú naimhdeach agus réitigh agus moltaí a dtabhairt chun tosaigh acu. Molann sí a dtorthaí in iallach a chur ar an Rialtas athruithe forásacha a dhéanamh: Athdhearbhaíonn an Ard Fheis seo an moladh a thug sí do Better for Health – A Sinn Féin Plan for Universal Healthcare le hinfheistíocht a mhéadú sa chóras sláinte, ní hamháin do níos mó acmhainní agus ábaltacht a chur ar fáil, ach le dul i ngleic go díreach agus chun deireadh a chur leis na míchothromaíochtaí struchtúracha a chiallaíonn go bhfaigheann daoine atá níos boichte bás níos óige agus nach mbíonn a saol chomh sláintiúil. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Chontae Cumann Smith/Savage (Caisleán Cnucha) Cumann Murt Qualter (Baile Átha an Rí) Comhairle Ceantair Chontae Mhuineacháin Molann an Ard Fheis seo an Clár Rochtain Atruach do Channabas Leighis sna 26 Contae mar an cur chuige is fearr lena chinntiú go bhfuil deis ag othair atá in ann leas a bhaint as cóir leighis channabasbhunaithe. Tá muid ar an eolas faoi othair atá tinn agus ag fulaingt ar fud an Stáit agus tá muid meáite lena chinntiú nach mbeidh constaic dlí ann a chuirfidh bac ar aon drug nó chóir leighis atá cliniceoir leighis cáilithe ag iarraidh a ordú dóibh. Éilíonn muid fosta go leathnaítear an Clár Rochtain leis an méid is mó riochtaí leighis atá cuí a chlúdach, pian san áireamh, agus forbairt an chláir a athbhreithniú – más rud é go dteipeann air, cuirfidh muid reachtaíocht i bhfeidhm a chuirfidh seo i gceart. Cumann Wilson/Coleman (Sord) Cumann Sheena Campbell (Ros Treabhair) Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Ard Chomhairle Tá imní ar an Ard Fheis seo mar gheall ar an méid básanna a bhaineann le drugaí ar fud an oileáin atá ag cur brón uafásach ar theaghlaigh a bhfuil daoine muinteartha leo tar éis bháis. Caithfidh gníomhaireachtaí reachtúla cuí Thuaidh agus Theas cur chuige níos onnghníomhaí a ghlacadh chun an pobal áitiúil a mhealladh mar phríomhpháirtí leasmhar i bhforbairt na straitéisí uileghabhálacha le dul i ngleic le mí-úsáid drugaí dleathacha agus mídhleathacha. Cuireann an Ard Fheis seo fáilte roimh an fhiosrúchán pobal a tosaíodh in Iarthar Bhéal Feirste i gcomhpháirt le príomhghníomhaireachtaí reachtúla: Comhairle Ceantair an tSléibhe Dhuibh Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Bhaile Átha Cliath Theas-Lár Éilíonn an Ard Fheis seo díchoiriúlú gach druga d’úsáid phearsanta. An Coiste Náistiúnta Óige Cumann COC Aithníonn an Ard Fheis seo go bhfuil beagnach 70,000 duine ar fud an oileáin a bhfuil néaltrú orthu agus go mbíonn tionchar díreach ar tuairim is triúr eile den teaghlach do gach duine le diagnóis. Meastar go méadóidh an uimhir seo faoi dhó taobh istigh de 20 bliain agus faoi thrí taobh istigh de 35 bliain. Is riocht sláinte tromchúiseach agus forchéimnitheach é néaltrú nach bhfuil leigheas ar bith ann faoina choinne. Bíonn tionchar ollmhór aige ar an duine agus orthu siúd atá cóngárach dó. Is rómhinic a fhágtar daoine a bhfuil néaltrú orthu agus a dteaghlaigh leo féin le tabhairt faoi na hiarmhairtí gan an t-eolas, an tacaíocht agus an cúram atá de dhíth orthu. Aithníonn an Ard Fheis seo an dúshlán suntasach atá i ndán don tsochaí ag dul i ngleic le néaltrú agus éilíonn sé go gcuirtear na beartais phoiblí thíos i bhfeidhm: Cuireann an Ard Fheis seo fearg in iúl do Rialtas na hÉireann go bhfuil easpa infheistíochta i dtacaíochtaí pobail do dhaoine a bhfuil néaltrú orthu i mBuiséad 2018 agus nár caitheadh níos mó ná leath den chiste £6.2m a cuireadh ar leataobh do chúram néaltraithe sa Tuaisceart. Iarrann an Ard Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann agus ar an Fheidhmeannas sa Tuaisceart acmhainní sásúla a chur ar fáil lena chinntiú go gcuirtear an Straitéis Náisiúnta maidir le Néaltrú i bhfeidhm agus go bhforbraítear straitéis athbhreithnithe agus leasaithe a thugann tús áite do néaltrú. Cumann Caraher/McCreesh (Baile Mhic an Aba) Éilíonn an Ard Fheis seo go dtosaítear ar mhonatóireacht leictreonach leanúnach de leibhéal glúcós fola i nDiaibéiteas Chineál 1 agus go gcuirtear maoiniú ar fail chun an clár sin a sholáthar. Cumann O'Carolan/Kilmartin (Dún Geimhin) Tugann an Ard Fheis seo tacaíocht don fheachtas Stop Targeting Kids eagraithe ag Foras Croí na hÉireann, agus iarrann sí ar an Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil sláinte páistí a chosaint trí shrianta diana, go háirithe ar mhargaíocht dhigiteach, agus córas reachtúil cuimsitheach a thabhairt isteach a rialaíonn margaíocht bia agus deochanna míshláintiúla ar líne atá dírithe ar pháistí. Cumann Sherlock/Harford (Baile Brigín) Molann an Ard Fheis seo na tosaíochtaí meabhairshláinte i mBuiséad Malartach 2018 Shinn Féin le: Cúige Bhaile Átha Cliath Cumann James Connolly (Baile Formaid) Cumann Dunne-Kelly-Whitty (Baile Loch Garman) Comhairle Ceantair Loch Garman Cumann Robert Emmet/Joe Clarke (Inse Chór/LCTT) Cumann James Connolly (An Chathair) Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Cumann Gaughan/Stagg (Béal an Átha) Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Thuaisceart Bhéal Feirste Comhairle Ceantair Colin Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach Iarrann an Ard Fheis seo ar an Aire Sláinte de chuid Rialtas na hÉireann tús a chur le soláthar Shaotharlann um Chataitéarú Cairdiach ag Ospidéal Ollscoile Shligigh. Cumann Noble Six/Fr. O`Flanagan/MacManus (Baile Shligigh) Nótálann an Ard Fheis seo, agus tiomantas Shinn Féin faoi chomhionannas i gcáipéis an pholasaí Better4Health á aithint aici, maidir le moladh an rialtais chun ospidéal úr a oscailt i gCorgaigh: Cumann Ahern/Crowley (Cathair Chorcaí Thoir Thuaidh) Tacaíonn an Ard Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Chathair Dhoire Nótálann an Ard Fheis seo le himní: Cúige na Sé Chontae Iarrann an Ard Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann: Cumann Dwyer/Parnell (An tInbhear Mór[Tuath]) Iarrann an Ard Fheis seo ar an Aire Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil agus ar an Aire Gnóthaí Comhphobail agus Tuaithe sna 26 Contae go mbeidh aláraim i ngach teach úr do sheanóirí, agus iarrann sí ar Rialtas na hÉireann an liúntas teileafóin a athbhunú do sheanóirí le ligeann dóibh aláraim a úsáid tríd an líne thalún. Cumann Logue/Marley (Cromghlinn) Molann an Ard Fheis seo foireann fhorbartha an pholasaí sláinte ar chur chun cinn an pholasaí Better for Health, faoi stiúir Louise O’Reilly TD faoi láthair. Tabharfaidh córas sláinte aon leibhéal tairbhí isteach do chách. Tá an córas sláinte poiblí reatha briste. Tá gá le hathruithe láithreacha maidir leis na ceisteanna thíos: Cumann Clarke/Smith/Doherty (Fionnghlas) Iarrann an Ard Fheis seo ar na húdarásaí Thuaidh agus Theas cinnte a dhéanamh go bhfuil teacht ag daoine ar fud an oileáin ar aonad scagdhealaithe agus ar fhoireann dhuánach sa dóigh is nach mbeidh ar dhaoine i gceantair faoin tuath, go háirithe san iarthar, taisteal níos mó ná uair an chloig leis an chóireáil a fháil. Cumann Tom Shevlin/Joe McDonnell (Béal na mBuillí) Iarrann an Ard Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann maoiniú láithreach a chur ar fáil do scrúduithe sláinte saor in aisce do dhaoine fásta níos sine ná 30 bliain d’aois. Meastar go laghdódh idirghabháil proifisiúnta luath cásanna de mheabhairghalair agus de thinnis coirp, rud a chiallaíonn nach mbeadh spleáchas láidir ar leigheas dochrach agus costasach ar oideas. Cumann Coen/Vaughan (Droim Seanbhó) Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Cumann Clarke/Smith/Doherty (Fionnghlas) Cumann Burns/McKerr/Toman (An Lorgain) Cumann Markievicz/Ryan (Tamhlacht Láir) Ag an Ard Fheis seo. Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 26 Chontae Cumann O'Hanlon/McMahon/Lynagh (Baile Mhuineacháin) Nótálann an Ard Fheis seo: Cumann Peadar Clancy/Mairéad Farrell (Inis) Cumann Bhéal Átha na Muice Cumann Sean Mac Giola Bhríde (Cathair na Mart) Comhairle Ceantair Mhaigh Eo Cumann Lann Abhaigh Aithníonn an Ard Fheis seo na riachtanais atá acu siúd inár bpobal faoi mhíchumas agus iad a thugann aire dóibh. Is í Éire an t-aon stát san Aontas Eorpach nach bhfuil CNACDM daingnithe aici. Tá sí ag ligean síos daoine faoi mhíchumas gan tiomantas a bheith aici le cinntiú nach bhfágtar ar lár iad ó chinntí a mbeidh tionchar acu ar ghnáthimeachtaí a saoil. Is léir an teip ón bhuiséad íseal don Deontas Oiriúnú Tithe dóibh siúd le saincheisteanna sláinte a chuireann isteach ar lúth a ligeann dóibh fanacht sa bhaile agus feidhmiú chomh maith agus is féidir leo. Aithníonn muid gur ceart riachtanach é Seirbhísí Chúram Baile (faoiseamh, pacáistí cúraim baile, cúnamh baile, sainteiripí agus srl.) agus gur chóir go gcuirtear ar fáil é do gach duine in ainneoin aoise. Is acmhainn thábhachtach iad cúramóirí teaghlaigh inár bpobal agus tá aitheantas ceart tuillte acu. Bíonn a lán brú agus struis ar chúramóirí agus ba chóir go mbeidh teacht acu ar thacaíocht le cuidiú leo ina ról cúraim. Caithfidh an tAire Stáit le freagracht speisialta as Saincheisteanna Míchumais cinnte a dhéanamh go gcuirtear acmhainní cuí maoinithe ar fáil do pháistí a fhaigheann tacaíocht mar gheall ar mhíchumas agus go bhfaighfidh siad an cúram leanúnach atá de dhíth orthu go bhfuil siad fásta. Cumann Barnes/McCormack (An Muileann gCearr) Ag an Ard Fheis seo: Cumann Duffy/Downey (Dún Dealgan Thoir) Tacaíonn an Ard Fheis seo le hathruithe i rialacháin thógála i ngach foirgneamh a bhfuil teacht ag an phobal air go dtógtar bealach isteach do dhaoine míchumasaithe, mar bhunchaighdeán, le treoirlínte curtha chun tosiagh ag Cumann Cathaoireacha Rothaí na hÉireann. Cumann Mitchell/Sands (Carraig Mhachaire Rois) Cumann Keenan/Doherty (Carraig Mhachaire Rois) Athnuann agus neartaíonn an Ard Fheis seo a tiomantas gach sráidbhaile, baile agus cathair a dhéanamh feiliúnach do dhaoine faoi mhíchumas le cinntiú go bhfuil Éire chun tosaigh agus go bhfuil an meas agus an luach céannna ar dhaoine faoi mhíchumas. Chomh maith leis sin, ba mhaith linn sainordú a thabhairt do gach ionadaí tofa acmhainní a mhéadú go suntasach chun constaicí fisiciúla a bhaint, agus na constaicí a bhíonn ag daoine faoi mhíchumas gach uile lá beo. Molann muid an feachtas #MakeWayDay agus gríosaíonn muid gach ball an achainí ar líne a shíniú atá tiomanta chun sochaí níos comhionainne a chruthú do dhaoine faoi mhíchumas. Cumann Robert Emmet/Joe Clarke (Inse Chór/LCTT) Aithníonn an Ard Fheis seo go dtig le haitheantas luath Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais (RSO), le soláthar tráchtúil den tacaíocht chuí, agus le huaillmhianta arda cuidiú le cinnte a dhéanamh go bhfuil páistí a bhfuil RSO orthu nó faoi mhíchumas go maith go bhfuil siad fásta. Nótálann an Ard Fheis seo le himní: Comhairle Ceantair Léim an Mhadaidh Déanann an Ard-Fheis seo: James Stephens Cumann (Cill Chainnigh) Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo: Meaney/Dunne Cumann (An Baile Breac) Áirítear san Ard-Fheis seo na gnéithe thíos luaite: Cole/Colley Cumann (An Chúlóg) Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Chora Droma Rúisc Molann an Ard-Fheis seo iar-Leas-Chéad Aire agus iar-Aire Oideachais Martin McGuinness as deireadh a chur leis an scrúdú aistrithe 11 plus chun córas aistrithe bunaithe ar rogha an tuismitheora a bhunú agus aithníonn na gnéithe seo a leanas: Athdhearbhaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo a tiomantas do chóras oideachais bunaithe ar comhionannas agus rogha an tuismitheora, agus iarrann ar scoileanna ceannaireacht a léiriú agus deireadh a chur le húsáid scrúduithe aistrithe agus córas oideachais atá go hiomlán uileghabhálach agus neamhroghnaitheach a thógáil ar mhaithe le dul chun cinn ár ndaoine óga go léir. Cúige na Sé Chontae Iarrann an Ard-Fheis seo ar Rialtas na hÉireann athbhreithniú cuimsitheach a dhéanamh ar an CAO agus córas na hardteistiméireachta, ag díriú ar na gnéithe seo a leanas: Mick Murray Cumann Chluain Tarbh Iarrann an Ard-Fheis seo ar Shinn Féin polasaí cuimsitheach ar cheisteanna dheireadh saoil a fhorbairt, lena n-áirítear moltaí chun cead a thabhairt do dhuine atá i mbéal an bháis bás a fháil le cuidiú nuair is léir gur sin an rún atá aige agus nuair atá cead tugtha go soiléir agus dá dheoin féin. Ard Chomhairle Coiste Náisiúnta na nÓg Tommy Kavanagh Cumann (An Coimín) Athdhearbhaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ár dtacaíocht leis an 8ú Leasú de Bhunreacht na hÉireann a aisghairm. Léiríonn an Ard-Fheis seo arís ar dtiomantas bheith i mbun feachtais leis an aidhm seo a bhaint amach. Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar an rialtas reifreann a réachtáil leis an 8ú leasú a aisghairm gan a thuilleadh moille. Creideann Sinn Féin gur cheart eolas iomlán agus comhairleoireacht toirchis neamh-díritheach ina bhfuil roghanna uile cuimsithe inti a chur ar fáil go héasca. Athdhearbhaíonn muid ár n-easaontú maidir le coiriúlú ban a dhéanann cinneadh ginmhilleadh a bheith acu. Glacann an páirtí leis an gá ginmhilleadh a bheith curtha ar fáil sa chás ina bhfuil saol, sláinte nó sláinte mheabhrach bán i mbaol mór nó i gcontúirt mhór, agus i gcásanna mínormáltacht mharfach féatais agus i gcásanna éignithe nó mí-úsáid ghnéis. Ard Chomhairle Tormey/Mannion Cumann (Ros Comáin Theas) Comhairle Ceantair Bhaile Átha Cliath Iarthar Láir Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seasamh Shinn Féin ar an 8ú Leasú a Athghairm agus cuireann faoi chúram Sinn Féin tacú go gníomhach leis an bhfeachtas Aisghairme atá le teacht gan mhoill. Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo gur dianphróiseas cothrom a bhí i dTionól na Saoránach ar dhaonlathas pléghrúpa as a dtáinig moltaí inoibrithe comhbhácha dá bharr a dtabharfaidh Sinn Féin tacaíocht dóibh. Lena chois sin cuireann an Ard-Fheis seo faoi chúram Shinn Féin Polasaí Sláinte do Mhná atá bunaithe ar mholtaí Thionól na Saoránach. Mulgrew/McCracken Cumann (An Chaisleán) Kevin Barry/Frank Stagg Cumann (Ionchathrach Iarthuaisceart) McLaughlin/Cahill Cumann (Binn Éadair) Devlin/Plunkett Cumann (Teach Mealóg/Tír an Iúir) Markievicz/O'Farrell Cumann (Tamhlacht Deisceart) Markievicz/Tadhg Barry Cumann (Iarthuaisceart/Bardaí Lárnacha) MacDiarmada/Gilgunn Cumann (Cluainín) Margaret Skinnider Cumann (Baile Gall/Droim Chonrach) Gaughan/Stagg Cumann (Béal an Átha) Cole /Colley Cumann (An Chúlóg) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo go n-imíonn mná gach lá ón tír seo le taisteal thar lear chun foirceannadh toirchis a fháil. Aithníonn muid an t-anró agus an tráma a mhéadaítear mar gheall ar an riachtanas taisteal chuig dlínse eile agus a chruthaíonn cor eile i gcásanna áirithe ó thaobh iarchúraim de. Aithníonn muid cé nach mór agus gur cheart do mhná i gcás toirchis géarchéime tacaíochtaí a fháil tá siad ag roghnú deireadh a chur le toircheas ar mhaithe le cúiseanna socheacnamaíocha agus ní féidir neamhaird a thabhairt air seo a thuilleadh. Agus muid ar an eolas faoi mholadh Thionól na Saoránach, aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo an gá le reachtaíocht a rith ar son foirceannadh toirchis i gcásanna socheacnamaíocha agus beartaíonn polasaí 32 contae a fhorbairt leis seo a léiriú agus le tabhairt faoi fheachtas fógraíochta bunaithe ar an bpolasaí seo. Comhairle Ceantair Bhaile Átha Cliath Iarthar Láir Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo go dtaistealaíonn mná na hÉireann gach lá thar lear le foirceannadh toirchis a fháil agus ní féidir neamhaird a dhéanamh air seo a thuilleadh. Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis go bhfuil meas, cosaint, comhlíonadh a gcuid dualgas cearta daonna tuillte ag mná ach rochtain a fháil ar sheirbhísí ginmhillte dlíthiúil. Tugann an Ard-Fheis seo sainordú do Shinn Fein tiomnú do pholasaí agus do reachtaíocht araon a fhorbairt maidir le sláinte ban agus seirbhísí ginmhillte. . Tugann an Ard-Fheis seo tacaíocht do reachtaíocht ginmhillte ar na cúiseanna seo a leanas: Sa chás go rithfeadh an rún seo, dhéanfadh sé rúin uile de chuid na hArd- Fheise go dtí seo a aisghairm maidir le foirceannadh toirchis. Coiste Náisiúnta na nÓg Aontaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo go dtugtar cead do bhaill uile Shinn Féin a gcás a chur in iúl agus vótáil ar cheist an ghinmhillte dar lena gcomhfhios. John Joe Sheehy Cumann (Trá Lí) French/Doyle Cumann Johnstown (An Uaimh) Thomas Allen Cumann (Baile Átha Troim) Ráth Cairn Cumann Kelly/Arthurs Cumann (Na Cealla) Matthew Kane Cumann (Tulach Mhór) Cumann Erris Logue/Marley Cumann (Cromghlinn) Tom Keely Cumman (Cill Droichid) Gallagher/Foy Cumann (Drumconrath) Seosaimh MacDiarmada Cumann (Bóthar Mín) This Ard Fheis believes that all Sinn Féin elected representatives should be allowed to vote on the issue of abortion according to their conscience or personal opinion and should not be bound by party policy. Lynch/Grogan Cumann (Duleek/Kentstown) Doherty/Delaney Cumann (An Uaimh) Eneas McNulty Cumann (Acaill) Comhairle Ceantair na Mí Séamus Fox Cumann (Ráth Tó) Jimmy Guy Cumann (Léim an Mhadaidh) Gleann Na Rua Cumann (Aird Mhic Giollagáin /Glas-Stiall) Markievicz/O'Farrell Cumann (Tamhlacht Theas) Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo go mbaineann cearta atáirgthe na mban agus smacht ar a corp agus ar a gnéasacht leis an mbean féin i ngach cás ar leith. Pádraig Pearse Cumann (Taobh an Bhogaigh) Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo, go leagann Breatimeacht, Tuaisceart na hÉireann bainte ón Aontas Eorpach in éadan toil na ndaoine, teorainn chrua athchurtha i bhfeidhm ar oileán na hÉireann agus athruithe déimeagrafacha go leagann iad uile béim ar chás athaontú na hÉireann. Mar sin, áirítear na gnéithe seo a leanas san Ard Fheis seo: Ard Chomhairle Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo an damáiste atá déanta ag páirtithe de chuid na heite deise as a chéile i mBaile Átha Cliath agus i Londain ar an tseirbhís sláinte Thuaidh agus Theas agus an tionchar atá aige seo ar shaolta othar, úsáideoirí seirbhíse, a dteaghlaigh agus iad siúd a n-oibríonn sa tseirbhís sláinte. Agus tuiscint againn ar an riachtanas ullmhú do Bhreatimeacht agus na seirbhísí trasteorann atá forbartha go dtí seo a chosaint agus a fheabhsú, athdhearbhaíonn muid ár dtiomantas do sheirbhís sláinte 32 contae bunaithe ar chearta atá saor ag an bpointe seachadta agus a chuireann cúram ar fáil bunaithe ar riachtanas sláinte. Chun é seo a dhéanamh, tugann an Ard-Fheis sainordú don pháirtí polasaí sláinte uile-oileáin costáilte go hiomlán a chuirfidh le cúram a chur a fáil sna 32 contae agus ina mbeidh reachtaíocht do Sheirbhís Sláinte Náisiúnta uile-oileáin mar bhunchloch aige. Ard Chomhairle Athdhearbhaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo tiomantas iomlán Shinn Féin le dul i ngleic le seicteachas agus é a dhíothú i sochaí na hÉireann. Is ionann seicteachas agus a mhalairt de Phoblachtachas na hÉireann agus forbairt Éire atá ar aon intinn, aontaithe. Is é an bac is mó chun cneasú agus athmhuintearas a bhaint amach inár sochaí. Tá muid tiomanta do phrionsabal Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta a gheall dá saoránaigh “an ceart do shaoránaigh a saol a chaitheamh saor ó chiapadh seicteachais”. Ní mór na gnéithe seo a chur san áireamh ó thaobh na praiticiúlachta de: Ard Chomhairle Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo: Mar a bhaineann le gach cás eile fuatha nó leithcheala, cáineann go huile is go hiomlán imeagla na dteaghlach caitliceach óna mbailte i ndeisceart agus in oirthear Bhéal Feirste agus cuireann faoi bhráid gníomhaithe Shinn Féin cur i gcoinne seicteachais agus dearcthaí seicteacha beag beann ar a bhfoinse agus molann aighneachtaí chuig agus rannpháirtíocht cónaitheoirí agus gníomhaithe an Tuaiscirt sa Choimisiúin ar Bhratacha, Féiniúlacht, Cultúr agus Traidisiún. Comhairle Ceantair Dheisceart agus Oirthear Bhéal Feirste Déanann an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Lann Abhaigh Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis seo: Grúpa Parlaiminteach na 6 Chontae Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar thacaíocht do theaghlaigh Loch an Oileáin agus d’ íospartaigh go léir de chuid claonpháirteachas rialtas na Breataine. Tar éis thuairisc an Ombudsman don Phóilíniú a fhoilsiú ina sonraítear fianaise doshéanta iontaofa maidir le claonpháirteachas i sléacht Loch an Oileáin, éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar rialtas na Breataine a leithscéal a dhéanamh go poiblí, agus a mbaint leis an gclaonpháirteachas agus leis na dúnmharuithe mar atá leagtha amach sa tuairisc a adhmháil. Betsy Gray Cumann (Baile na hInse) Cuireann an Ard-Fheis seo fáilte roimh chinneadh Choiste Airí na hEorpa ar Chomhlacht Cearta Daonna a léirigh a ‘n-ábhar mór imní’ maidir le roinnt ceisteanna leagáid atá fós le réiteach. Bhí cás Pat Finucane curtha san áireamh leis an gcinneadh seo, a cuireadh isteach i gcoinne Rialtas na Breataine, agus mhol an Coiste níos mó dul chun cinn ar an gceist nuair a bheidh deireadh le hachomharc na Cúirte Uachtaraí. Is mian leo freisin; Mar fhocal scoir, éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar rialtas na hÉireann a gcuid dualgas idirnáisiúnta a chomhlíonadh agus cloí le cinneadh Choiste na n-Airí. Anuas air sin, ní mór dóibh freisin maoiniú mar is cuí a chur ar fáil d’oifig an Ombudsman don Phóilíniú le gur féidir leo fiosrúcháin leagáid atá fós le réiteach a chríochnú. Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach Éilíonn an Ard Fheis seo go scaoilfear saor Tony Taylor láithreach agus athdhearbhaíonn ár dtacaíocht do chearta daonna ár saoránach go léir. Comhairle Ceantair Chathair Dhoire Molann an Ard-Fheis seo obair Shinn Féin agus gníomhaithe Gaeilge eile atá ag troid ar son cearta teanga ar fud an oileáin. I mbliana, molaimid ach go háirithe iad siúd go léir a bhí bainte leis an bhfeachtas chur i bhfeidhm Acht na Gaeilge sa Tuaisceart. Tá Sinn Féin tiomanta do dhul chun cinn na Gaeilge, dá hathbhunú mar cheann de na príomhtheangacha labhartha in Éirinn agus do chur i bhfeidhm ceart do Ghaeilgeoirí. Aithníonn an Ard-Fheis agus molann an aird agus infheistíocht shuntasach atá luaite leis an nGaeilge i mBuiséad Malartach Shinn Féin 2018. Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo mar pholasaí páirtithe Doiciméad Polasaithe Shinn Féin ‘Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan Anam’ agus molann a mionmholtaí maidir le: Aithníonn muid freisin gur le muintir na hÉireann go léir í an Ghaeilge agus i gcomhthéacs comhmheasa agus ár sochaí ilchultúrtha, is féidir léi cur go dearfach le hÉire aontaithe neamhspleách a bhaint amach. Ard Chomhairle Déanann an Ard-Fheis seo: Cumann Mhairtírigh Oileán an Ghuail/Cluain Eo Nótálann an Ard-Fheis seo an easpa dul chun cinn maidir le meicníochtaí leagáid a chur i bhfeidhm mar a aontaíodh sa Chomhaontú Fresh Start agus éilíonn ar Rialtas na Breataine maoiniú a chur ar fáil láithreach d’fhiosrúcháin leagáid atá fós le réiteach. Comhairle Ceantair Chúl Raithin Déanann an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Dheisceart an Dúin Seamus Wrynn Cumann (Béal an Átha Móir) Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo, mar aitheantas ar an 21ú Eanáir 1919, nuair a tháinig Dáil Éireann le chéile don chéad uair, gur trí mheán na Gaeilge a rinneadh an gnó, gur cheart lá a roghnú chomh gar agus is féidir leis an dáta seo, 100 bliain níos déanaí, ina mbeidh gnó don Dáil déanta go hiomlán trí mheán na Gaeilge. Seamus Wrynn Cumann (Béal an Átha Móir) Tacaíonn an Ard-Fheis seo le leabharlann staire Phoblacht na hÉireann a bhunú áit ar féidir le stair le blianta beaga anuas agus le heispéiris áitiúla a chur i dtoll a chéile agus a chroiniciú chun cinnte a dhéanamh de go bhfuil cosaint dár scéal sna blianta amach romhainn. Mairéad Farrell Cumann (Barda Lárnach na Cathrach) Déanann an Ard-Fheis seo: Comhairle Ceantair Dheisceart agus Oirthear Bhéal Feirste Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar rialtas na hÉireann gach iarracht a dhéanamh cáipéisí pearsanta Ruairí Mhic Easmainn lena n-áirítear a chuid dialann agus cuimhneacháin phearsanta eile dá chuid a fhilleadh go hÉirinn. John Joe Sheehy Cumann Thrá Lí Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis ar theacht isteach vótála éigeantach chun rannpháirtíocht pholaitiúil a mhéadú agus chun níos mó dlisteanachta a thabhairt d’institiúidí polaitiúla. Hurson-Quirke cumann, Galway City West. Creideann an Ard-Fheis seo nach bhfuil oifig an Uachtaráin ábhartha in Éirinn an lae inniu. Cumann Mháirtín Uí Chadhain (Connamara Theas) Éilíonn an Ard-Fheis seo ar rialtas na hÉireann laghdú a dhéanamh ar chostas saoránacht Éireannach a fháil ó €1,125 go €60 leis na costais riaracháin mar is cuí atá bainte leis an bpróiseas a léiriú. Is dúshaothraithe an rud é amach is amach táille €1,125 a ghearradh ar dhuine a bhfuil teideal aige air. Má tá cónaí ar dhuine in Éirinn ar feadh 7 mbliana (nó cibé am nó fad ar leith atá i gceist) agus a bhfuil teideal aige ar shaoránacht Éireannach, ba cheart mar sin go dtabharfaí an saoránacht don duine sin agus a laghad maorlathais agus costas agus is féidir. Coen/Vaughan Cumann (Droim Seanbhó)