Peadar Tóibín: “A rudimentary understanding of the Irish language would be nice, he added.”

The fuel crisis is the biggest issue that has been encapsulating this country in the last six months.

People power has forced the Government to change its approach as 'they could not take any more' and took to the streets.

He said a recruitment embargo for administrative staff in the health service would save €250m a year.

He called for an additional €2.5bn to be spent on defence.