For the last two years, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have continued the failed economic policies of Fianna Fáil. The wrong measures are being taken to reduce the budget deficit and the result has been a near collapse of the domestic economy, chronic unemployment, increased emigration and essential services being cut to dangerous levels. Government policy has driven down salaries for tens of thousands of workers and has forced many other workers into zero-hour contracts.
This is Sinn Féin's alternative to those policies of austerity. We show how you can reduce the deficit while protecting frontline public services and lessening the tax burden on ordinary people.
