EM Ireland: Ireland and the EU poll
The annual European Movement Ireland (EM Ireland) ‘Ireland and the EU’ RED C Research Poll this year found that support for Ireland remaining a member of the EU remains positive at 84% but just 45% of those polled expressed confidence in the EU’s Vaccines Strategy.
After a year of intense scrutiny on healthcare and policy, both at a national and European level, 35% of respondents favoured the EU having more control over healthcare policy, even if some control is lost at a national level.
Nearly four months since the finalisation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, less than a third of respondents (32%) believe there will be a united Ireland in the EU in the next 10 years, the same figure as polled in 2020. A similar question was asked in recent years, with 44% agreeing that a united Ireland would be more likely in the wake of Brexit and 50% in 2019.
The poll also found that over two thirds (71%) of people believe the EU should do more to regulate digital media platforms, while just over one third (34%) believe the EU is doing enough to combat climate change.