Passing the Finance Bill

I find it very disheartening by Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein releasing a statement demanding that the Finance Bill here in Ireland be abandoned. The Bill is a key piece of legislation that needs to be finalised. We as a country have to show the economic world that we can behave rationally, work together and be able to determine our own affairs. If the Finance Bill was to be left to a new government then the upcoming election debates would be overrun by parties arguing over budgetary policy. A budget which is virtually set itself due to the four year plan. The election needs to be about who has the best policies to reinvent this country and return the country to a robust economic footing, all round growth and getting the thousands on the live register back working. It is democratically responsible for Fine Gael and Labour to hold back their Motions of No Confidence, they are doing the jobs given to them by the people and that is to deliberate, propose and implement laws while representing their constituents. It is not the job of our public representatives to blindly oppose any measures proposed by the government but to work with measures they seem necessary to pass and to recommend and demand amendments. An election regarding the budget would indeed be a benefit to Sinn Fein because as a party who proclaim to represent the working people, would oppose any measures of austerity that are unfortunately required in these unprecedented economic times. I along with the vast majority of the country did not want to see the IMF and the EU bailing our country out but because of the grave mismanagement by Fianna Fail we had no choice but to accept their help. It is now up to the representatives of the people of this country to show responsibility and confidence that we can work with the international bodies to enable a return to the money markets for Ireland and indeed argue for an interim reduction in the EU/IMF interest rate.