Download - Dublin Chamber General Election 2011 Manifesto

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Government needs a resilient

business sector that will assistin rebuilding the economyand create employment. TheGreater Dublin Area is theengine o growth or the Irisheconomy. In order to growand generate employment,

business needs...

SupporttheGROWTHof

Enterprise&Employment

InfRaSTRucTuREto

spportEterprise

Effectivesuortthrough

LEadERSHIpnGovernment


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SuppORT THEGROWTHOf EnTERpRISE &EMpLOYMEnT

Dublin Chamber o Commerce wants a city region withan attractive cost structure, where businesses haveready access to necessary seed and investment capital.Successul businesses will enjoy a competitive tax regime

and a ully unctioning banking system that supportsinvestment in both domestically trading and exportbusinesses.

To deliver this Government must:

Reduce the costs aced by business by outlawingupward-only rent review clauses, cutting commercialrates and reorming Joint Labour Committees andRegistered Employment Agreements;

Require NAMA to release property into the marketin a manner that stimulates economic activity, whilenot unduly distorting the underlying market;

Reorm bankruptcy laws to encourageentrepreneurship;

Ensure there is sufcient capital or enterprise bybroadening the application o the Business ExpansionScheme and requiring all government bodies to paycreditors within 15 days; and

Maintain existing levels o direct and indirect taxation,such as the 12.5% rate o corporation tax, andintroduce domestic water charges and a property taxbased on the cost o local government services.

In turn, the members o Dublin Chamber o Commercewill ully utilise the opportunities brought about byGovernment action and deliver jobs, tax revenue,economic growth, and globally successul businesses.


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InfRaSTRucTuRETOSuppORT EnTERpRISE

Dublin Chamber o Commerce wants a city region withworld class higher education institutes that is renownedor its technological and transport connectivity.


Commit to the delivery o critical inrastructureprojects required to enhance the competitiveness othe Greater Dublin Area, including a Next GenerationNetwork, the Grangegorman campus, an upgraded

water distribution network and a waste to energyacility in Poolbeg;

Commit to an integrated transport network includingDART Underground, Metro North, Dublin Airportssecond runway, and the expansion o capacity atDublin Port; and

Secure private fnance, including more systematic useo Public Private Partnerships.

In turn, the members o Dublin Chamber o Commercewill work proactively with Government to deliverthese key inrastructure projects, including promotinginvestment in Public Private Partnerships.


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EffEcTIVE SuppORTTHROuGHLEadERSHIpand GOVERnMEnT

Dublin Chamber o Commerce wants an eectiveand efcient public sector, led at local level by anaccountable directly-elected Mayor who has both thepower and the resources to drive the regions economic

development.


Legislate or an executive Mayor or Dublin, who isresponsible or strategic planning, budgeting, andthe cost eective delivery o local services;

Implement root and branch productivity reorms inthe management and operation o the public sectorand promote the greater use o outsourcing;

Implement the reports o the Special Group onPublic Service Numbers and ExpenditureProgrammes, and the Local Government Efciency

Review Group by 2012, and ensure that at least twothirds o the correction in the public fnances resultsrom reductions in current expenditure;

Support a pro-active approach to privatisation andthe better use o State assets, whilst preserving keynational assets; and

Set up an Enterprise Advisory Council with amandate to oer Government practical advice onpublic policies, projects and programmes.

In turn, the members o Dublin Chamber o Commercewill act as a catalyst or change by providing businessexpertise to support Government in their reorm

initiatives by supporting an open and transparentEnterprise Advisory Council.


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Dublin Chamber o Commerce

7 Clare Street, Dublin 2

Tel (+353-1) 6447200

Email [email protected]

www.dublinchamber.ie

Our Customer Care team is

there to help you get the most

from your membershipcall Paul ONeil on 644 7242.