Adams hits out at 'litany of Government u-turns'
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has today criticised the Government for "a litany of u-turns".
Speaking during a break in the party’s Ard Comhairle meeting today Mr Adams said: "Next Thursday will mark the first 100 days of the Fine Gael/Labour Government.
"Despite many grand promises over the course of the election campaign there is little to show for it besides a litany of broken promises.
"Far from taking a strong line with the EU and IMF Labour has now fully embraced ‘Frankfurt’s way’.
"We still have the Universal Social Charge; water and household charges are now firmly on the cards; the reintroduction of student fees is back on the agenda.
"The health service has been cut back to dangerous levels. The number of Special Needs Assistants has been cut back while taxpayers continue to subsidise private schools.
"Senior citizens too have been hit by the Government’s decision this week to raise the pension age to 68.
"This Government promised to stand up for ordinary people. They did the opposite.
"During the election we in Sinn Féin promised to hold the Government to account. We have done that.
"Labour and Fine Gael have sold out the electorate and are simply continuing with the policies of Fianna Fáil which they criticised for so long while in opposition.
"The people deserve better than that."
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