The Sinn Féin candidate in County Wexford has condemned comments from Fine Gael Finance spokesperson Michael Noonan, which claimed that Sinn Féins economic proposals would force young Irish people to emigrate. Cllr Anthony Kelly has said it is "outrageous" that a spoke person from a party which lacks any real job creation policy, would condemn Sinn Féins plan for economic recovery.
"Michael Noonan is out of touch with reality," Cllr Kelly said, "Does he not realise that over one hundred thousand young Irish people have already been forced out their country by the recklessly incompetent economic policies of Fianna Fail and the Greens, policies which were in most cases supported by Noonans own party. Was it not Michael Noonan who said that he would cut €18 off social welfare if in power? Does he think more cuts to social welfare and the minimum wage would stop emigration? Does he have any idea of the situation on the ground?"
Cllr Kelly went on to remind Mr Noonan that he was a minister during the infamous Fine Gael/Labour coalition of the 1980s, a coalition that was happy to cut the vulnerable, that offered no job creation policy, and that oversaw the emigration of 150,000 young people, of whom half were third level grads. "Is this the government of change that the Irish people want or need now? A government that wants to cut €18 off the most vulnerable in our society? A government that sneers at Sinn Féins realistic job creation policy? Vote for Change, Vote for Sinn Féin."
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