'6 MONTHS OF DO-NOTHING'

Sinn Fein leader lashes out at Government

- BY CILLIAN SHERLOCK

THE Dail is rising for the summer after six months of a “do-nothing government”, Sinn Fein has claimed.

The Dail will rise ahead of the summer recess tomorrow and will not return until September 17.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald criticised Government leaders ruling out a “cost of living package” in October's budget.

She said election-time promises from Government parties were “disappearing like snow off a ditch” at a time when people are hit by “skyrocketing prices from every direction”.

Addressing Taoiseach Micheal Martin during Leaders' Questions yesterday, Ms McDonald said: “People, frankly, can't believe their ears when they hear you talk as if sky-high living costs they experience every day are a thing of the past.