Irish Politics Quiz

This quiz is to determine where you fall in Irish politics. It is a multiple-choice tailored specifically to Irish situation. The questions have been selected to give a broad range of opinion.

When selecting the answers, please pick the one that is most applicable in scenarios where multiple answers may be valid. There are 23 questions in total to be answered.

Created by: Jerry

United Ireland
- Is a good thing if it is economically beneficial
- Is a good thing because the 6 counties rightly belong to Irish nation
- Is neither a particularly good or bad thing, it's 2021 and we're all citizens of the world now
- Is a bad thing because it could destabilise country, even if it is economically advantageous
- Is a bad thing because it's not fair on unionists
Irish language
- The state should promote it because it's integral to our culture and heritage.
- The state should promote it for aesthetic reasons
- The state should not promote it because there's no utility in it
- The state should not promote it because it's better that we speak English and other foreign languages instead
If it is was a straight choice, would you rather see Ireland rejoin the UK or Ireland become part of a fully-integrated "United States of Europe".
- UK
- Federal Europe
The Catholic Church
- Has a special role in Irish society and culture
- Is one of multiple churches which plays a valid role in Irish society
- Like all churches has no business being involved in civic societal matters
- Like all churches, is bad for society and should be marginalised
Morality
- Is a private matter for individuals
- Is a public matter
If it was a straight choice, would you rather see corporations pay more tax in Ireland or more gender, ethnic and LGBT diversity on their boards?
- The former, more tax
- The latter, more diversity
State-backed childcare
- Should have priority over support for stay-at-home parents
- Should have equal priority to support-for-stay-at-home parents
- Should have lower priority than support for stay-at-home parents
- Neither should have support at all, it's up to the parents and the market
Small and medium sized Irish enterprise (SME)
- We should promote because it's beneficial to Irish society
- We should not promote, that's a matter for the free market
- We should not promote, SME's are just as exploitative as big business
- We should not only not promote but discourage, SME's slow down the inevitable collapse of capitalism
- We should not promote as our focus should be on FDI
Irish society in the 20th century
- A better place than now
- A worse place than now
- Overall neither better or worse just different
Economic protectionism at state level
- Good, it makes countries more self-sufficient
- Bad, negatively impacts the consumer
- Bad, trade barriers and borders belong in the past
Drink driving limits should be higher in rural areas
- Agree
- Disagree
Water charges
- Should be charged separately based on use
- Should not be charged and water infrastructure should be financed through general taxation
Housing and public land
- Private developers should be able to build houses on public land
- Only the state should build houses on public land
- I don't like private developers building on public land but we are in a crisis
Trade unions
- Good and still doing great work
- Good, but not delivering for ordinary workers anymore
- Bad, I'm no fat cat but trade unions are anti-individual and can be irresponsible
- Bad, they cause inflation and economic stagnation
Environmental conservation
- Very important
- Important
- Unimportant
- Very unimportant
Co-living accommodation
- Is a race to the bottom and should be banned
- Is a valid option in a free market
- Is not ideal but will help solve housing crisis
- Is not good, we should be trying to build a nation of property owners
Residential property tax
- Good thing and should be fixed
- Good thing and should be based on market value of residence
- Bad thing, private property should not be taxed
Voting in national elections based on local issues
- Legitimate choice
- Bad thing
- All politics is local
Private healthcare
- Should be abolished, no if's nor but's
- Should be abolished, but only once public health system is improved
- Should continue, but there should be more investment in public healthcare
- Should continue, no need for more investment in public health, we do enough as is
Fascism or global corporate power - what is worse?
- Fascism is worse
- Global corporate power is worse
- They are the same thing by and large
Immigration
- Good thing, full stop.
- Ok once sustainable (i.e. not destabilising), which it is NOT
- Ok once sustainable (i.e. not destabilising), which it IS
- Bad thing, full stop
Mainstream media (newspapers and established news providers)
- Government should promote to combat fake news
- Government should not promote as it interferes with the market and/or press freedom
- Government should not promote as mainstream media can also spread fake news
Military neutrality
- Should be maintained, with UN Peacekeeping participation only
- Should be scrapped, and we should join NATO or PESCO

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