Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin decries the economic progress that we have made in this country for the past six years. It decries every economic indicator and every job created - 200,000 of them - giving people the opportunity to get off welfare and back into work. They are the reasons this Government is in office. What does Sinn Féin do when it gets an opportunity to govern in Northern Ireland? It throws it away because it might win an extra few seats. Sinn Féin does not deserve to be on this side of the House.

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