Cllr Anthony Kelly has condemned what he calls "Hollow lip service" from the leaders of Fianna Fail and the Green party, after they both promised to waive some of their wages today. The Sinn Féin candidate for County Wexford has said that this is too little too late, and frankly an insult to the people of Ireland who have been forced to take mass cuts in their standard of living, due to reductions in social welfare payments, cuts to the minimum wage and the introduction of the universal social charge.
Cllr Kelly said;
"These are hollow promises being issued by the men who turned a blind eye to their own greed as our economy sank. This hollow lip service will do nothing to help the half a million unemployed in this country, or the thousands of young people getting ready to emigrate. Mr Martin is trying to paint himself as a reformer, yet he was happy to go along with the corrupt system during the past two decades of mis-rule. Its time to clean up Ireland. The Irish people have been cut to the bone, now its the TDs turn to pay."
"Sinn Féin has been calling for reform to our political system for some time. We are committed to cutting Ministers salaries by 40% and TDs salaries by 20%. We would stop the practice of TDs getting extra money to chair committees and stop severance pay for ministers who continue to hold elected office and pensions for ministers who continue to work. We will bring forward legislation in the new Dáil to cut ministers salaries and end these bad practices. If Fianna Fáil and the other parties are serious about political reform they should back this legislation.”
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