Day 25 - one day to go until electorate get their say

Posted on May 23, 2007 at 05:08 PM

Pat launching our countdown to change in the press centre of our campaign headquarters.

Only one more day to polling and one thing is clear the election will go down to the wire and every vote counts.

Across the country Labour has run a professional, energetic and principled campaign. We can be proud of the campaign we ran, the issues we focused on and the effort we have given. Now voters will have their say.

In the last couple of days Fianna Fail have been in disarray over the cost of implementing their plan to grant tax breaks to developers to build super private clinics on the grounds of public hospitals.

Senior Fianna Fail Ministers, including the Minister for Finance, have been at sea trying to give a precise cost for this scandalous plan.

You can read more about this scandal here.

The Taoiseach himself had to admit on television yesterday evening that Brian Cowen got his sums wrong on Questions and Answers on Monday night.

The Labour Party is opposed to this plan. Along with Fine Gael we are committed to scrapping it and instead supplying 2,300 public beds.
That is the right approach to ending the crisis in our hospitals.

Tomorrow you have a choice between two blocs. On the one hand there is Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats who want to grant tax breaks to developers for the construction of super private clinics and worsen the two-tier divide. On the other there is the Alliance for Change that will scrap this plan and will concentrate on improving public healthcare.

That is the choice facing this country. You have the power to influence the outcome.

Use your vote. Vote Labour and make a change.

By now many people will have received their polling cards but not everyone has. As long as you are registered you will be able to vote provided you bring along identification.

So to ensure you are able to exercise your vote be sure to bring along one of the following:

• Your passport
• Driving Licence
• Employee identity card containing a photograph of you
• A student identity card with a photograph
• A travel document containing a photograph
• A bank or savings or Credit Union book containing your address
• A cheque book
• A cheque card
• A credit card
• Your birth certificate
• Your marriage certificate

If you are using your cheque book or marriage certificate you will also have to bring further documentation to establish your address.

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