Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein)

This is not a growth or jobs budget, but a budget like the last four budgets which the Government parties previously voted down. It is a budget for more of the same. It is hurting but not working. Nobody voted for this deficit plan, least of all the voters who were told that there would be no increase in student college contributions, no cuts in social welfare and no cuts in child benefit. Next year, over 1 million low income families will be down over €1,000 a year. The Government should be ashamed of its broken promises.