Consensus Ireland

WEALTH DISPARITY IS A CRISIS

YOUR TDs IGNORE IT → WE ENFORCE CONSENSUS

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Consensus Ireland

YOUR TDs HAVE TO ACT

WORKERS ROBBED WHILE LANDLORDS PROFIT
The weekly income gap has grown by €18.45 since 2020 – not an abstract statistic, but stolen groceries, skipped heating, and cancelled doctor visits for working families. As nurses and teachers struggle, the richest 1% have carved out an extra 5% of Ireland's income—those who create value losing out to those who simply own things.[source][source]
RENTS CRUSHING A GENERATION
While Dubliners now fork out €1,792 a month on rent, Ireland's rents have rocketed 115% since 2010—over four times the EU average. That's not market 'adjustment,' it's wealth extraction from those who work to those who own.[source][source][source]
731,620 LIVES ON HOLD
731,620 souls wait for non‑cosmetic treatment—real people dying of delay while Leinster House debates décor. Those who heal and care overwhelmed while those who profit debate.[source]
MONEY FOR MISSILES, NOT MEDICINE
Wealth disparity is not just about poverty here at home—it is also about how Irish wealth and industry enable and profit from oppressive systems abroad, including aiding the ongoing genocide conducted in Palestine by Israel.
Meanwhile, your TDs participate in cynical tribalism—no cross-party cooperation on policies that would actually help those who work for a living.
Consensus Ireland

WHO IS CONSENSUS IRELAND?

We're Ireland's accountability enforcers – a citizens' movement built on one searing question:
If 95% of us agree housing is broken, 89% demand wealth gap action, and 94% call healthcare waits immoral...
Why does the Dáil treat these crises as background noise?
Our razor-sharp mission:
  • Not to become career politicians
  • Not to grab permanent power
  • But to force every party you elected to deliver what they've promised for a decade
We exist because: "Crisis" shouldn't be a permanent political buzzword while families couch-surf and pensioners choose between heating and insulin.
Consensus Ireland

WORKERS VS EXTRACTORS: THE REAL DIVIDE

WORKERS create wealth through work:
  • Nurses healing patients
  • Teachers educating children
  • Builders constructing homes
  • Shop owners serving communities
  • Engineers solving problems
  • Farmers growing food
  • Anyone who must work to live
EXTRACTORS capture wealth through ownership:
  • Landlords collecting rent while sleeping
  • Vulture funds hoarding empty homes
  • Patent trolls suing innovators
  • Financial speculators manipulating markets
  • Anyone whose wealth grows without working
THE KEY TEST: If you stopped working tomorrow, would you face hardship within 6 months?
✓ YES = You're a Worker (welcome to the 95%)
✗ NO = You're an Extractor (we're coming for your free ride)
Most TDs are Extractors legislating for Extractors. We're Workers organizing for Workers.
Consensus Ireland

THE CANCER KILLING IRISH POLITICS

You've watched this horror show:
  • Housing declared "emergency" in 2016 – now worse[source][source]
  • Wealth gap widening since 2010 – now at EU-worst levels[source]
  • HSE waits growing yearly – 731k+ lives in limbo[source]
Three poisons blocking solutions:
  1. TRIBAL VANDALISM
    Good policies torched because "rivals" proposed them:
    Fine Gael blocks Vacant Property Taxes to Protect Extractor Landlord TDs & Spite Sinn Féin.[source][source]
    SF blocks Help-to-Buy – a signature Fine Gael policy – despite 120,000 applicants.[source]
  2. PERFORMATIVE OUTRAGE
    Prioritizing viral Dáil clips over drafting bills:
    TDs would rather be seen fighting than actually fix anything in many cases
  3. ACCOUNTABILITY BLACK HOLE
    Failure carries no cost:
    TDs who ignore crises get reelected through party loyalty and empty promises to fix a system they benefit from, as Extractors.
    No mechanism to punish broken promises because the opposition is committed to ideological tribalism.
Consensus is the antidote – we turn public fury into electoral consequences for failure.
Consensus Ireland

WE BREAK THE STALEMATE IN 3 STEPS

1

FORCE THE "YES OR NO" TEST

We make every TD publicly declare whether Ireland has:
  • A HOUSING EMERGENCY? (95% of Irish agree)
  • A WEALTH GAP CRISIS? (89% agree)
  • A HEALTHCARE COLLAPSE? (94% agree)
How it works:
- We table simple Dáil motions: "Does this house declare [crisis] an emergency?"
- TDs must vote YES or NO - no hiding
- YES voters: Must work with us on solutions
- NO voters: We flood their constituency with:
   🗳️ "Your TD says your suffering isn't an emergency" posters
   📧 "Why does [TD] think you're not in crisis?" emails
2

90-DAY SOLUTION CHALLENGE

To TDs who voted YES:
"You admit the crisis. Now propose ONE new solution within 90 days.
Not recycled promises - actual legislation."
We guarantee:
✅ If ANY party proposes a credible fix we'll:
  • Campaign FOR it nationwide
  • Mobilise OUR volunteers to gather signatures
  • Pay for legal drafting if needed
❌ If they refuse? We target them in their constituency

Real examples we'll demand:
- FF/FG: "Tax vacant mansions at 5x rates"
- SF: "Cap rent increases at inflation level"
- Greens: "Convert state land to affordable housing NOW"
3

THE ACCOUNTABILITY HAMMER

For TDs who block solutions:
MAIL "FAILURE REPORT CARDS" to every voter
ENDORSE their strongest rival in next election
TRAIN locals to confront them at public events
Consensus Ireland

WHY WE'RE NOT ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY

"We're your crowdfunded sledgehammer to smash political gridlock - not career politicians."
Career Politicians
Consensus
Get reelected
Work ourselves out of a job
Vague promises
Demand action on ONLY what we all agree is broken
Grab and keep power
Give it up once solutions pass
Attack constantly
Praise and help when they do right
Vote for us forever
Vote us out once they listen
Blame others
Grade every TD publicly
Consensus Ireland

IRELAND'S CRISES: THE VERIFIED MATH

WEALTH ROBBERY
EXTRACTOR EARNINGS IN 1 HOUR = WORKERS'S DAILY WAGE[source][source]
Workers pay 52% marginal tax · 11 Billionaires: €50B WEALTH - 3% tax[source][source]
EU Context: Ireland fails to rank among Europe's 10 most equal nations in wealth distribution. Meanwhile, leaders like Slovakia and Czech Republic achieve greater equality: their top 10% earners capture under 30% of their own national income—far below Ireland's top 10% share of 40.3%.[source][source][source]
HEALTHCARE BETRAYAL
731k LIVES IN LIMBO[source]
EACH DAY OF DELAY STEALS LIFE FROM PATIENTS[source][source]
233+ SCOLIOSIS CHILDREN DETERIORATING ON SPINAL WAITLISTS – SOME NOW INOPERABLE AFTER 4 YEAR DELAYS[source]
EU Comparison: EU's WORST RECORDED WAIT TIMES[source]
Consultant shortages force patients into postcode lotteries.[source]
RENTAL TORTURE
€1,800+/MONTH (Dublin) = 47% OF MEDIAN INCOME[source][source]
RENT SURGE: 115% SINCE 2010 → 4× EU AVERAGE[source][source]
Vulture funds (peak extractors): pay 0% tax on rental profits via REIT loopholes[source][source]
EU Context: Highest rent burden in EU · over 4× EU average increase (27.8%)[source]
THE ULTIMATE INSULT
TD's are all WELL PAID, yet MANY are Extractors who profit from our broken system.[source]
= AT LEAST 2.5× AVERAGE WORKER · AT LEAST 4× CARER
+€46K TAX-FREE EXPENSES FOR MINISTERS
WHILE BLOCKING:
Vacant property tax
HSE consultant recruitment
We've no problem with anyone making money, and being well paid - that's our entire point - but when the people elected to make sure YOU have this privilege regularly conspire to keep this privilege for themselves, something has to break
"Ireland won the EU's gold medal in inequality – rents rising 4× faster than neighbors[source], patients dying in queues, and Workers taxed 52% while billionaire Extractors pay 0.3-3%. All guarded by many of our TDs earning €116k AT MINIMUM to protect an extractive system, whilst blocking the best efforts of the ones that strive to EARN that salary."
Consensus Ireland

IRISH WEALTH FEEDS WAR PROFITEERS ABROAD

IRISH COMPANIES SUPPLY ISRAELI ARMS
Irish firms supply parts and software to Israeli arms giant Elbit Systems—whose drones and missiles devastate Gaza and occupied Palestine.[source][source]
GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOREIGN WAR MACHINE
Ireland’s government spent €8.5m+ buying Israeli military gear—public money drained from homes, hospitals, and healthcare workers struggling at home.[source]
IRISH TECH IN GAZA'S DEBRIS
Irish workers’ money fuels foreign wars, not Irish lives. We demand full transparency on all Irish-linked companies tied to Israeli arms—including Eaton Corporation, Intel, and Analog Devices, which supply parts used in Israeli weapons and surveillance systems—and an immediate halt to government contracts that bankroll occupation and violence.
Consensus Ireland

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: WHAT WE ASK → WHAT YOU GET

YOUR COMMITMENT
We'll mobilize citizen pressure in 5-10 strategic constituencies where TDs ignore crises. We ask for your support IF:
  • You're exhausted by housing lies and wealth inequality theater
  • You'll trade tribal loyalty for concrete solutions
  • You want politicians to fear YOUR consequences, not just polls
  • You want Irish wealth to support homes, hospitals, and people — not foreign military industries.
  • You believe public money should never fuel oppression abroad while crises worsen at home.
  • You believe any party has all the answers
  • You prefer comforting lies to hard truths
  • You're not ready to hold ALL TDs accountable
OUR IRONCLAD PROMISE
When we mobilise enough support, we will deliver:
1WEEKLY TD SCORECARDS
Publicly grading every TD on:
  • Solutions proposed
  • Cross-party bills supported
  • Committee work on crises
  • Tribal vetoes used
  • Corporate donor influence
2EMERGENCY LEGISLATION PUSH
Drafting and forcing votes on:

0% VAT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Save €20k/unit · Unlock 15k homes/year

10% ANNUAL VACANT PROPERTY TAX

Unlock 83k+ vacant units nationwide

WEALTH TAX ON €5M+ ASSETS

Fund 1,000 new hospital beds
3CONSTITUENCY ACCOUNTABILITY
→ Public "Failure Tour" for blockers
→ Train local activist squads
→ Endorse credible challengers
→ Campaign FOR solution supporters
→ Mobilize volunteers for allies
4CAMPAIGN AGAINST MILITARY EXPORTS
  • We will expose and campaign against Irish companies complicit in supplying the Israeli military industry.
  • We will push legislation to restrict exports of components and technology used in foreign military operations violating human rights.
  • We will demand the government end contracts with Israeli military suppliers and redirect spending toward Irish social infrastructure.
THE ENDGAME
TD: "We agree housing is a crisis!"
Consensus: "Great - here's the Vacant Homes Bill. Pass it within 6 months."
We're not here to replace you - we're here to make you deliver on what you already promised.
→ Success? We campaign FOR you
→ Block it? We mobilise 5,000 voters in your constituency
We'll dissolve Consensus when:
  • Wealth tax implemented and collecting revenue
  • Vacant property tax active nationwide
  • HSE waiting lists under 100,000
  • ....or when you tell us the job is done.
We're recruiting activists and organizers - not running as career politicians. Help us break the system, then we'll dissolve.
Consensus Ireland

YOUR PAIN IS POLITICAL AMMUNITION

Founder Quote: "I launched Consensus after watching Extractor TDs profit while Nurses and other Workers skipped meals to pay rent."
– Owen, Tipperary (verified)
YOUR STORY HAS POWER
Share how Ireland's crises impact you:
[email protected]
✅Total anonymity
✅Emailed to relevant TDs
✅Only for accountability
"Every story shared here becomes a weapon against complacency in Leinster House."
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