Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

Across the State people are hurting as a result of four years of austerity. Families and businesses are finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet. Every day we hear stories of people being forced to make impossible decisions with the meagre money they have. Unemployment emigration, mortgage distress, financial hardship, etc., have been forced on the people through austerity cuts. These policies were introduced by Fianna Fáil and are now being continued under the Fine Gael and Labour Party Administration. Sinn Féin has always been against this consensus for cuts. When Fianna Fáil introduced the austerity budgets in 2009-----

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