Pearse Doherty: “I believe it is unacceptable and I rightly believe there will be protests if that is the case.”

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 upcoming budget risks leaving vulnerable people at further risk.

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

The Budget must put ordinary workers and families first and look after the most vulnerable, adding that a proper cost of living package was needed now.