Pearse Doherty: “We cannot control the cost of international fuel. But the one thing we can control is how much tax we apply.”

The majority of Irish workers, over a million and a half of them, who you’ve left abandoned in this Budget will get less than €250 in a tax break.

The party envisages the €600 charge on 'multi residential property ownership' would raise €342 million in revenue next year.

The party would also increase minimum wage by €1.10 to €15.25.

Sinn Féin would also abolish the local property tax and instead introduce a second home charge.