Social Democrats want more financial details from FF and FG

The Social Democrats are demanding more detailed economic costings on the promises being made by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil before it makes a decision on entering government formation talks.

The party, which has six TDs, has written to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe seeking more information on the economics underpinning the joint framework document agreed by the two bigger parties.