Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

They are difficult but we must come out for our people with a sense of where we want to go and what we want to do. Every section of society has a role. Those farmers dealing with the difficult floods, caused by climate change, need a sense that they have a role. They are the front line of a green economy. As they go into forestry and high value and low-emission food crops, which we do have, they can benefit from that green vision.

Our party has always said that one does not measure success by economic standards alone. The parent who is juggling a job and childrearing should be at the centre of the front line services that we all talk about. We need to support and protect such parents.

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