Government expected to reject SF calls for emergency budget

Sources say week-to-week measures to offset rising inflation could risk Government priorities such as cutting the cost of childcare

Sinn Féin finance spokesman Pearse Doherty: 'The Government cannot keep ignoring this crisis and the huge pressures people are under. The time to act is now.' Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Government is expected to reject Sinn Féin calls for an emergency budget even as pressure comes from within parties to act on the cost of living.

A Sinn Féin motion will be debated in the Dáil on Tuesday on a €1bn emergency budget but ministers have said the Government would resist the urge to intervene.