The document is an election questionnaire for candidates seeking election. It requires one-word answers to questions about political party affiliation, family in political office, views on banking crisis response, water charges, Irish Water, property taxes, abortion, welfare cuts, abolishing the Seanad, wind turbines, number of Dáil seats, Dáil committees, and names of 1916 Easter Rising leaders executed. Candidates are told they must answer in one word or the interviewer will not consider them for their vote.

1. Election Questionnaire
by Damian Gordon
Candidate Name:
INTRODUCTION: “When you come to my door,you are doing a job interview to get elected, so I have
some questions I would like to ask you, I only want one-word answers to these questions, if you are
unwilling to participate in this process, I will DEFINITELY not vote for you, if you do participate, I will
consider voting for you. This shouldn’t take more than two minutes. Remember I just want a one-
word answer,pleasedo not elaborate, or I will consider this as being a lack of co-operation with this
interview process, and will NOT vote for you. Do you understand?”
1 What party do you represent? FF [ ] FG [ ] Lab [ ]
Gr [ ] Ind [ ] PbP [ ]
2 Do you have any family members who have held political office, or
are currently in political office?
YES [ ]
NO [ ]
3 Do you feel the banking crisis was handled well? YES [ ]
NO [ ]
4 Did you vote for water charges? YES [ ]
NO [ ]
5 Do you think the utility company Irish Water is necessary? YES [ ]
NO [ ]
6 Do you support the notion of property charges? YES [ ]
NO [ ]
7 Are you pro-choice or pro-life?1
PRO-CHOICE[ ]
PRO-LIFE [ ]
8 Did you support the cuts to social welfare payments for under 25
year olds, and the cuts to additional payments for all recipients?
YES [ ]
NO [ ]
9 Do you think we should abolish the Seanad? YES [ ]
NO [ ]
10 Do you agree with the government policy on wind turbines? YES [ ]
NO [ ]
11 How many seats are there in Dáil Éireann? (Answer: was 166, but it
has been reduced to 158)
RIGHT [ ]
WRONG [ ]
12 There are 5 Standing Committees and 10 Select committees in the
Dáil, can you name all five Standing Committees? (Answer:
Administration [ ], Consolidation Bills [ ], Members' Interests [ ],
Procedure and Privileges [ ], Public Accounts [ ])
RIGHT [ ]
WRONG [ ]
Bonus Question:Overa nine day periodfrom3rd
May – 12th
May 1916 fourteenleadersof the Easter
Rising were executed, how many can you name?
Eamonn Ceannt [ ], Thomas J. Clarke [ ], Conn Colbert [ ], James Connolly [ ], Edward Daly [ ], Sean
Heuston [ ], John MacBride [ ], Sean MacDiarmada [ ], Thomas MacDonagh [ ], Michael Mallin [ ],
Michael O'Hanrahan [ ], Patrick Pearse [ ], William Pearse [ ], Joseph Plunkett [ ]
1 NOTE: If they say “Neither”, then you say “OK, if you are neither, then you are not pro-choice and you are not
pro-life, so you won’t vote consistently on this, so you are definitely against my beliefs on this topic.”