Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

The Minister has probably not read it.

Since last January, the Fine Gael Party has deliberately focused on producing new policies and ideas and has done so in the areas of job creation, job protection, health care and third level education. The Government refuses to accept this is the case. My party wants to go directly to the people to have our ideas tested because we are confident the electorate, unlike the Government, will believe in them.

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