How much do you trust or distrust the following institutions?
The Irish Government.

	%
Completely trust	3
Somewhat trust	25
Neither trust nor distrust	31
Somewhat distrust	22
Completely distrust	14
Don't know	6

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Completely trust	3	3
Somewhat trust	24	25
Neither trust nor distrust	28	34
Somewhat distrust	23	20
Completely distrust	17	11
Don't know	5	7

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Completely trust	4	4	3	3	2	2
Somewhat trust	29	20	22	28	24	26
Neither trust nor distrust	36	32	30	33	29	28
Somewhat distrust	16	23	22	18	26	23
Completely distrust	9	11	16	15	15	16
Don't know	7	11	6	3	4	5

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Completely trust	5	1	3
Somewhat trust	34	18	23
Neither trust nor distrust	32	30	31
Somewhat distrust	18	25	22
Completely distrust	8	21	13
Don't know	3	5	8

 

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