Sinn Féin leader says Dáil summer recess ‘wholly wrong’ without emergency budget
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald: 'We’re now at a point where having a full-time job is not a guaranteed protection against the sharp edge of this crisis.' Photograph: Brian LawlessMany households will be “pushed over the edge” if the Government doesn’t intervene with an emergency budget to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said.
“We’re now at a point where having a full-time job is not a guaranteed protection against the sharp edge of this crisis,” she added.“Some households with two incomes are really struggling, so what hope, what chance do those on low pay have? “I have been contacted by parents who are worried that they’re raising their children now for emigration. I’ve been contacted by young people themselves who don’t want to leave but have their bags packed for Canada and Australia. They say they can’t afford a life at home and that is the terrible vista again, of forced emigration, looming for us.”
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government was “deeply concerned” about the “enormous cost pressures” and impact of the current inflationary cycle on people, households and workers.
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