Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said today he believed the electorate was growing cynical at the type of "auction politics" being adopted by the other parties.
At an event to launch the party's 41 Election candidates in Dublin, Mr Adams claimed other parties were making unrealisable promises to slash taxes and somehow deliver on their public service commitments at the same time.
"Sinn Féin will not engage in auction politics. Our priority is to deliver strong public services and we believe that this can be achieved if the current tax take is maintained," he said.
The Sinn Féin leader said his party is ready for government after the Election.
"There is huge goodwill for the return of the power-sharing institutions in the north and growing support for our proposals to build an Ireland of equals. He said his party believed in the right to universal access to decent healthcare, education and childcare."
"We believe in public monies being used to provide public services. We are for the constitutional right to a home, we believe in building the economy and using the wealth created for the public good," he added.