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Kildare Sinn Féin challenges Fianna Fáil TD’s to live on Social Welfare

category kildare | miscellaneous | press release author Friday August 14, 2009 12:08author by Kildare Sinn Féin - Sinn Féinauthor email cilldarasinnfein at gmail dot com Report this post to the editors

Sinn Féin have issued a bold challenge to Fianna Fáil TDs in Kildare
Newbridge Social Welfare Office still busy following the opening of emergency sign on centre in Ryston
Newbridge Social Welfare Office still busy following the opening of emergency sign on centre in Ryston

Kildare Sinn Féin have issued a bold challenge to Fianna Fáil TDs to live on social welfare for a month following confirmation by Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin, that welfare rates will be cut in the upcoming budget.

Speaking at a meeting in Newbridge Sean Downey expressed his outrage at Minister Hanafin’s announcement that the €21billion social welfare budget is ‘a huge drain on public finances’ saying it “exposes how our government sees its citizens, according to this government, committing the necessary funds for people to maintain an adequate standard of living is a burden on the public finances and should be cut”. He went on “Kildare and my hometown of Newbridge has been hit particularly bad by unemployment and this attack is totally unacceptable, we need is jobs not cuts. This government appears to spend more time pondering what and where to cut rather than creating or maintaining jobs which we all know is the reason for budget deficits”.

Mr. Downey went on to call on the Kildare Fianna Fáil Dáil deputies not to support another savage attack on the vulnerable in Kildare following the removal of the Christmas bonus earlier this year adding “if they wish to support yet another attack on social welfare recipients, many of which have worked for years and paid their fair share. I challenge them to live on social welfare for just one month to see how much of a struggle it is for ordinary people”.

Sean Downey is a member of the newly established Bob Doyle/Dinny Barry cumman in Newbridge which will be launched in Johnsons Bar, Newbridge on Saturday August 22nd with Athy Councillor Paddy Wright and Sinn Féin vice president Mary Lou McDonald among the speakers.

author by Joe.publication date Sat Aug 15, 2009 21:19author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Dead on ,that FIianna Fail crowd could not live on the social welfare for
five mins never for a month.

author by seanpublication date Sat Aug 15, 2009 21:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

god sinn fein is busy in kildare with meetings and press releases.

author by NoAgain - The Ant i-Organisationpublication date Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:35author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hundreds of retired higher civil servants, former Principal Officers and above, top Army Officers, Garda, local authority, HSE/Health Board Chiefs, Judges etc are on fabulous pensions of a thousand to three thousand A WEEK ! ! !

Cut them, cut them in half, not the poor person on the Dole !!!

And VOTE NO in Protest all across Ireland .

author by DoleDrumspublication date Mon Aug 17, 2009 21:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

"Newbridge Social Welfare Office still busy following the opening of emergency sign on centre in Ryston"

Aha! so the government DO have a new job creation strategy!!! Very clever. I guess thats why we pay them the big bucks.

author by dave-hennessy - n/apublication date Thu Oct 31, 2013 06:49author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Wouldn't touch Johnsons Bar to be honest, horrible place. Dirty and the staff are unprofessional.

author by dudeinnewbpublication date Thu Oct 31, 2013 07:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Oh dear, Johnsons Bar is a bloody kip. Wouldn't touch the Republican establishment

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