Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin will provide constructive and robust opposition to Deputy Kenny and his Government, if instated. We want him to know that we will be here on behalf of all those who rely on good Government and good decisions and who rely on change. The people really need fairness, and they understand what that word means because they have experienced so much unfairness, exclusion and injustice.

We are putting Deputy Kenny on notice that if he attempts to inflict more hardship on those families and communities, then he will have us to answer to. He may have created a soft opposition in Fianna Fáil but we want him to know that there is no soft opposition from the benches of Sinn Féin.

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