Mary Lou McDonald 'gobsmacked' at government hiring advisors at time of PUP cuts

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald called for the decision to be "reviewed immediately and reversed". Picture:: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Mary Lou McDonald has said she is "astounded and gobsmacked" by the decision to hire more Government advisors at a time when the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has been cut.
The Cabinet has agreed that 10 Ministers of State will now get advisors, this is despite the fact that it had been previously agreed that junior ministers would pool staff.

This being done at a time when he (the Taoiseach) is cutting payments to people in real difficulty who have lost their jobs