Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been exposed as serial wasters, treating the public with contempt with how your money is spent, writes Pearse Doherty
This budget is another example of a government incapable of delivering real change and unable of delivering value for money.
Will it address the housing crisis, will it fix the health service, will it tackle the cost of living in a meaningful way or will it deliver fundamental change to our childcare system? The answer to all of those questions is no. This budget fails on housing, fails on health, fails on childcare, and fails carers and people with disabilities.
Instead, Fine Gael has more than doubled the number of people renting into their 60s, while at the same time the number of people renting in their 20s has collapsed. Why? Because they are trapped in their parents’ box rooms or are jumping on planes to Perth, Boston or Vancouver. We also introduced the most substantial package of supports ever presented for carers in a single budget, increasing the thresholds for carers from €900 to €1,460 for a couple, and we have committed to abolishing the unfair means test for carers in government. In contrast, the government’s budget does little more than paper over the cracks, with workers worse off in real terms than when this government came to power.
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