'At the end of the day, it is ministers who make the decision.' Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty says his party would engage with civil servants if in government, following O'Broin's apology to the state's chief economist.
The comments come following housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin's apology to the State’s chief economist after calling for him to be sacked., Mr Doherty said:"My view was that we need to listen, we need to respect, we need to engage with expert advice.""It is the people who elect our TDs, who elect our ministers, and the buck stops with them."
He said that Sinn Féin does not seek to surround itself with"yes men or yes women", but instead people"who challenge ideas"."What this is about is the demand for real change that we're seeing right across the island", Mr Doherty said. According to him, the DUP is"trying to hold onto the past" by not entering into power sharing in Northern Ireland.Sunday Business Post"Kwasi Doherty"The Sinn Féin TD said that the Conservative Party in Britain is"more akin to Fine Gael than Sinn Féin", given that Fine Gael and the Tories share the same member party in the European People's Party.
"Indeed, we are the party that believes that those at the higher end, those who earn €140,000 plus, should pay more tax.""With the right policies, with the right determination and with the right team ... these issues can be tackled."Mr Doherty believes that now is the time to prepare for a 32-county Republic, reminding listeners of the Good Friday Agreement requirement to hold such a referendum.
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