Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

The Government has continuously talked about protecting jobs and getting people back into employment but has done nothing about it. Why did we cut €30 million out of the school building programme and €300 million from building roads? Why did we cut €200 million from building social housing and water and sewerage infrastructure? Why did we cut millions from research and development into green energy? These are the key areas which would put people back to work, which is what the country needs.

I listened to the Minister stating yesterday that he could not make a decision on Minister's pay because he needed to compare it with other ministers throughout the world to find out if leaders in other states have people who do their laundry or clean their house.