Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am more aware than many of the problems facing the State. Tá an imirce, an dífhostaíocht agus an bhochtaineacht mar chuid de gnáth saol na ndaoine anois ar fud na tíre. Feicimse sin gach lá, i mo cheantar féin i dTír Chonaill agus san iarthar go háirithe. Is ó iarthar na hÉireann é an Taoiseach, ach níl dabht ar bith faoi ach nuair a amharcann muid ar na polasaithe atá á cur i bhfeidhm aige, sa cháinfhaisnéis seo agus leis na polasaithe a chuir sé i bhfeidhm le dhá bhliain anuas, go dtugann sé cúl ar mhuintir an iarthair agus ar mhuintir Mhaigh Eo nuair a shuíonn sé isteach ina ghluaisteán agus nuair a thugann sé aghaidh ar Bhaile Átha Cliath. My party, Sinn Féin, does not shrink from meeting the economic problems the State faces, but we would face them with courage, leadership, honesty and, more importantly, solutions to provide for ordinary families and communities. What the Government has given the people today is another budget which is lacking in vision, fairness and fair solutions. For the third time it is a complete capitulation by the Labour Party, the members of which sold their principles for the price of power.

See this speech in context