Peter Kelly (Longford-Roscommon, Fianna Fail)

The success of our country is due to the combination of Government policy and the hard work and genius of the Irish people. We should have learned that the only way forward is the way we got here, with partnership and people working together towards a common goal, namely, the promotion of our country for all people.

Our people are well educated and hard working, and nobody can question that. Optimism is the present and the future, with pessimism put to one side. Pessimistic attitudes and negative ideas are not in the best interests of the majority of our people.

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