Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

In case the Taoiseach does not know it, the IMF halved its growth prediction to 0.5%. It is reckoned there will be a shortfall of €1 billion in the Exchequer finances. The Taoiseach talks about a jobs budget. Will he introduce more cuts? He has given away the National Pensions Reserve Fund to the big banks. We proposed that it should be used for a jobs stimulus package. The Taoiseach is very clear about robbing the poor, universal social charges and so forth.

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