Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Gerry Adams first wanted us to tell the European Union to take a hike and to take its money with it. He used more colourful language. However, he does not have to worry about economics as he told us. In all of this, Sinn Féin neglects to mention what it is delivering in government in Northern Ireland at the moment where 20,000 public sector jobs have been cut for a start. While our Government announced 1,700 new teachers and education posts in the education budget, Sinn Féin is slashing the number of teachers in the North.

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