Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Eircom was asset stripped following privatisation and the State subsequently fell down the league table of investment in broadband roll-out. When critical infrastructure is in public hands, it can be deployed strategically to grow the economy.

There is much talk about celebrating the upcoming centenary of the 1916 Rising. The Proclamation states: "We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible." The Government would be better to amend the Proclamation in line with its policies as opposed to engaging in rhetoric which would have the men and women of 1916 turning in their graves.

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