Sinn Féin’s Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has said the issue of transfers will be “crucial” in tomorrow’s general election.
He also appealed to people who would not normally vote for the party to “seize the opportunity” to “ensure a strong responsible republican” voice in the next Dáil.
Denying his party was "transfer unfriendly", Mr Ó Caoláin said Sinn Féin will make a “real determined opposition” to make sure that whatever government is formed is held to account in line with the commitments they’ve made.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland today, Mr Ó Caoláin said the IMF-ECB bailout is the "elephant in the room" and has to be faced up to directly.
“We cannot wait for the EU to deal with it over the next couple of years and perhaps in 2013 to face up to it finally," he said.
“The question isn’t about Sinn Féin’s alternative…the real question has to be put to not only Fianna Fáil and the Greens but Fine Gael and Labour - how do you expect our people to pay for this? How do you expect them to shoulder the burden that’s been placed on them?”
Mr Ó Caoláin also denied his party would use the country’s corporation tax rate as a bargaining chip with Europe adding that the 12.5 per cent rate is “crucial” as part of the overall package of what Ireland has to offer.