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

If the Taoiseach wishes to speak, will he answer the following? Is it any wonder that over 200 people, mainly young people, continue to emigrate every single day in search of work and a better future? Seo a bhfuil déanta ag an Taoiseach, tá na figiúirí seo mar thoradh ar a chuid roghanna. Seo é oidhreacht pholasaí Fine Gael agus Páirtí an Lucht Oibre agus seo é an chúis go raibh céad míle daoine ag máirseáil trí shráideanna Bhaile Átha Cliath - le tacaíocht na gcéadta mílte duine eile nach raibh ábalta bheith ansin.

The Government today had the opportunity to demonstrate it had listened to the people. It could have introduced a budget that would have eased the burden on the majority of people, which would stimulate the domestic economy and start a renewal of our public services.

Unfortunately, the Government has introduced a budget that is driven by the same policies that drove its previous budgets. It is taking the same failed approach to the recovery as it did to the recession. This is because it is wedded to the politics of privilege.

The anger on the streets of central Dublin on Saturday was matched by the results in the Dublin South-West and Roscommon-South Leitrim by-elections. A clear majority of voters in both constituencies said "No" to the austerity policies of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party.

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