David Cullinan

Well, it isn't about me or Sinn Féin, that's for sure.

It's about the people who took to the streets, ordinary people who are too dependent on colour.

And they've watched on in horror over the last number of weeks.

What they see is a government that's incompetent, a government that's arrogant, a government that's out of touch.

And the government might have a majority in the Dáil, but in terms of public opinion, we saw it in opinion polls, I think the vast, vast majority of people

were in favour of people taking to the streets, demanding action, looking at the government putting in place half measures out of touch.

And I think that really arrogant approach that the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste took over the last number of weeks really hurt the government, but it also angered people, created real frustrations, exacerbated the situation that should never have come about in the first place.

And we warned the government.

Before the Dáil recess, not to go off on two weeks holidays, abandon people without proper supports.

And that's what the government have done.

And there's a wider context here as well, David, because it is about fuel at the moment.

We have a housing crisis.

We have rents going up.

We have record homelessness.

We have people who can't afford to pay bills.

And they don't see that this government has their backs.

In fact, they see the opposite.

And I think that arrogance is shining through in the Dáil chamber and outside of the Dáil chamber.

Well, we have increased on where we were in the last general election, but I think if you look at the overall vote for the government parties, the government has dropped support.

The reality is this.