Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

With every measure, a line has to be drawn somewhere. This is what concerns me the most about Sinn Féin’s fiscal or economic policy. It would blow the entire budget in one go, never with an eye to the future and what might happen. There could be further interest rate rises. There might be a requirement to hold something back in the tank to continue to help people. That is what I am worried about. Sinn Féin’s eye to the future is only ever about the headline tomorrow and never about the future. This is the same as last year. Sinn Féin sought to introduce a totally unpriced cap on energy costs that would have supplemented and paid for an ever-increasing price on energy. It was a move that nearly sank the British economy and Sinn Féin tried to replicate those Tory-type economics.