Government failings in housing and community development have neglected working class communities. Bad faith actors have sought to use these failings to divide our communities with racist rhetoric and hateful propaganda.

Anti-racism is central to Sinn Féin’s left-wing, republican values. Refugees are not to blame for the failings of the Government and the State.

Sinn Féin are committed to working with civic society, trade unions, sporting and religious groups to oppose racism and support integration.

Sinn Féin would invest in working class communities that have been neglected for decades.

Our schools and teachers are struggling, many young people have nowhere to play, and what is being built in Dublin is not nearly meeting the housing needs of the people.

Dubliners have a right to feel safe in our communities and and in our homes. Parts of Dublin have become dangerous, run-down, and plagued by crime and anti-social behaviour. Residents in areas like Dorset Street, Parnell Street, Moore Street, and Mountjoy Square, and many other areas, no longer feel safe in their own neighbourhoods. The government has failed to support these communities and failed to provide adequate Garda resources.

Sinn Féin is committed to addressing these issues. We know that we cannot simply police our way to safety. Sinn Féin will tackle crime and anti-social behaviour, but we will address its root causes as well. Communities will only be made safer if agencies work together with all stakeholders, including residents, community and youth services.

Our vision for Dublin includes:

• Investing €1 billion of the Apple tax money into working class communities that have been left behind by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

• Reversing the huge cuts imposed on youth services, drug task services, and mental health services.

• Developing relationships between local Gardaí and communities. Resourcing the work of community Gardaí and increasing the number of Youth Diversion Projects.

• Working with civic society, trade unions, sporting and religious groups to oppose racism and support integration.

• Creating a fair and humane international protection system that works - one that engages with communities and which moves away from a policy based on private profiteering to locating centres only in areas with the capacity and services to support them.

• Prioritising the regeneration of the inner city, ensuring safer streets, better policing, and real investment in communities.

• Investing in a major Garda recruitment drive, along with introducing retention measures, to reduce resignations, and build Garda numbers.

• Reviewing the Community Safety Innovation Fund to ensure communities that are harmed by crime see the proceeds of those crimes returned to them.

• Ensuring the proper allocation of resources to ensure sufficient staffing for full-time and retained fire stations, enabling firefighters to perform their duties safely and efficiently while safeguarding our communities.

• Reviewing existing JPC structures and community safety fora to ensure these work with, and complement, proposed Local Community Safety Partnerships.

• Supporting local authorities through budgetary processes to ensure there are sufficient Tenant Enforcement Officers.

• Identifying areas for Dumping Task Forces to be established.