Commitment
Introduce a tax on 'super wealth'
What this means
- The Social Democrats promised in their 2024 general election manifesto to introduce a recurring tax on 'super wealth' or 'excess wealth' in Ireland.[source]
- The tax would apply to net financial assets, meaning it would be charged on wealth above a certain level, with fair exemptions built in.[source]
- This is a recurrent tax, meaning it would be paid regularly rather than as a one-off charge, targeting those with the highest levels of accumulated wealth.[source]
- The commitment was first stated on 19 November 2024 and remains a promise only, with no confirmed delivery date set by the party.[source]
- This matters for accountability because voters and watchdogs can track whether the Social Democrats push for this policy in government negotiations or future budgets.[source]
Direct impact (1)
- owned by partySocial DemocratsParty
Indirect impact (10)
Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsAidan FarrellyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsCian O'CallaghanOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsEoin HayesOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsGary GannonOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsHolly CairnsOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsJen CumminsOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsJennifer WhitmoreOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsLiam QuaideOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsPádraig RiceOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsRory HearneOfficeholder
Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.
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One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Status
Promised
The Social Democrats committed to introducing a recurrent net wealth tax on financial assets, targeting 'super wealth' or 'excess wealth' with fair exemptions.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Policy area
- Finance And Taxation
- Owning party
- Social Democrats
- Responsible body
- —
- Responsible officeholder
- —
- Linked mandate
- —
- First stated
- 2024-11-19
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Evidence & sources
Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.
Evidence
- Social Democrats General Election Manifesto 2024 - For the FutureSocial Democrats·Retrieved 2026-05-21high
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