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

And so, it is farcical that the Taoiseach proposes to hand the keys of his office back to the Tánaiste in December to carry on as normal, because it is very clear that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been in power for far too long and, by God, families and workers throughout the land have paid a heavy price for that.

More and more people see that we need a change of Government, not just a change of Taoiseach. The coalition is stuck in the past, a Government that is unable to respond to the progressive, positive, modern demand for change that is sweeping across Ireland. I am an optimist. I do not believe that Ireland is a basket case; far from it.

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