Budget 2013 Education: ‘Why do children bear the brunt time and again?’

The Government parties have now implemented €7bn in taxes and cuts despite being elected to end austerity, Sinn Féin has said.

Party finance spokesman Pearse Doherty said Fine Gael and Labour were merely continuing the disastrous policies of the previous administration.

“Fine Gael and Labour have swallowed the failed economic policies of Fianna Fáil hook, line, and sinker and are now implementing them with gusto,” he said.