Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Déanaim comhghairdeas leat, a Cheann Comhairle, as an oifig ard ina bhfuil tú tofa. Lá stairiúil atá ann don Dáil, duit féin agus do do theaghlach. Tá súil agam go n-oibreoimid go maith le chéile sna seachtainí, míonna, nó b’fhéidir blianta atá amach romhainn. Níl a fhios againn go fóill caidé a tharlóidh nó caidé a thitfidh amach.

Ba mhaith liom tacaíocht a thabhairt don méid a bhí ráite ag Teachtaí Munster agus McDonald ó thaobh an moladh atá curtha chun tosaigh ag páirtí Shinn Féin leis an Teachta Gerry Adams a cheapadh mar Thaoiseach. Ba mhaith liom a rá feasta nach mbeidh páirtí Shinn Féin ag tabhairt tacaíochta don Taoiseach, Teachta Enda Kenny. Beimid ag vótáil in éadan an ainmniúcháin faoi choinne an Taoiseach a chur ar ais sa chathaoir sin, agus in éadan an Teachta Martin feasta. Ní rud pearsanta é. Is é an fáth ná gur lig an Rialtas síos an tír seo - daoine a bhí ag brath orthu - go millteanach le cúig bliana anuas. Tá sé le feiceáil i ngach carn dár Stát.

Not only will Sinn Féin propose Deputy Gerry Adams as Taoiseach - as Deputies McDonald and Munster have said, he would be the most fitting person as Taoiseach to represent the real values of the Irish people - but we will not support the nomination of Deputy Kenny or Deputy Martin and will be voting against them when the votes are cast in a couple of minutes. It is nothing personal against either Deputy but if one looks at the role the Taoiseach has played over the past five years it is clear that he betrayed the mandate he was given in 2011. Long gone is the democratic revolution that he proclaimed. There are many reasons we should not elect Deputy Enda Kenny as Taoiseach of the 32nd Dáil. I will give him 203 reasons. That is the number of people who lost their homes to the banks in the past three months of 2015. I will give the Taoiseach 511 reasons, which is the number of people who have been lying on hospital trolleys as we sit here discussing these issues today. I will give him 1,600 reasons, which is the number of children who will go to sleep in emergency accommodation in our capital city and elsewhere as we discuss these issues here. They are the reasons he should not be elected as Taoiseach because he allowed that to happen on his watch.

The Taoiseach talks about how he said goodbye to the troika but he rolled over on every single occasion. He adopted a policy of no bondholder being left behind, and he picked the pockets of the ordinary people of this State to pay for that indulgence. He did so in the form of water charges and property taxes.

There has been much discussion about political reform, which is the new buzz word in recent weeks.

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