David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will take responsibility, but what we will not do is take the policies of Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil, implement them and end up with more people in poverty, on hospital trolleys or in emergency accommodation, which is what will happen. We have tabled four motions - on health care, water charges, NAMA and Moore Street - that we want discussed. I have heard reform mentioned by almost every speaker in this House, yet one of the first acts of this new Dáil is a decision to take four weeks off. This is outrageous when we have so many issues that need to be dealt with. That is the point I wanted to make. We have a job to do. I turned up to do my job. All 23 Sinn Féin Deputies want to do their job and we do not want this House to go into recess for four weeks. We want all outgoing Ministers to be made available to address the clear and real issues that affect the people of this State.

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