Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In September, Fianna Fáil tabled a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, because of his handling of the health services and Sinn Féin has now tabled a motion of no confidence in the Government. The reason we are speaking on this motion is not because of what happened yesterday or the day before but because of what was said by the two parties in this Government before the election. An analysis of the commitments made by Fine Gael and the Labour Party in advance of the election will show the extent of the betrayal in this budget's measures on child benefit, the back to school clothing and footwear allowance, farm assist, jobseeker's benefit, redundancy payments, supplementary welfare, back to education allowances, respite grants, household benefits packages and fraud and overpayment controls. This is another regressive budget.

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