Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What do they say to the businessman who says he has to let an employee go because his business cannot survive in this environment? It is the Government and the Minister for Finance who have decided to increase excise duty to a point where we can no longer survive. The Government is silent on this issue. I appeal to everybody who has the backs of ordinary people across this State to support Sinn Féin's motion, back the people and stop these hikes.

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