Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)

They sat in Opposition for 14 years, and for many of those years they cried out about the then Government not doing enough about jobs. They are now in Government, and the mantra, "We have only been there for a couple of weeks" will start to become exhausted. They cannot use it time and time again. They have had opportunities to introduce proposals. They actually put proposals before the people. There was a proposal for a €7 billion investment in job creation. The Labour Party talked about a stimulus package of €500 million. What we have here is a pathetic excuse for how to address the biggest crisis faced by the State. The Deputy will get his opportunity to speak.

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