Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

While I would disagree with Fianna Fáil, it is not good enough to blame it for what the Government will authorise next Wednesday. Will the Taoiseach make it clear that he will not allow that €700 million to be authorised and to consider that all of these issues are pressing down on the most vulnerable in society, those on trolleys, the families of children with special needs, the unemployed? That €700 million and the €2 billion that he will pay out before next January should be used to regenerate the economy and to provide our people with jobs.

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