Jan O’Sullivan: Time for Sinn Féin to put up or shut up

The outgoing education minister, Jan O’Sullivan, said Labour should not continue in government, as the electorate had decided that others including Sinn Féin should govern.

“I think people have decided that we shouldn’t be in government and I think it’s up to the parties that won the election [to form a government].I know Fine Gael didn’t win the election. Fianna Fáil had a big success; Sinn Féin had somewhat of a success; others were successful. I think they have a responsibility to form a government

“I accept what the people have said. They don’t want us in government. We were in government and were offering to continue in government to fight for equality, for those services we think are really important, and people decided they didn’t want us,” she said.