Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)

We clearly believe it can work. It can do much more than the Minister thinks it can do. It involves new thinking and a new way of doing business. We are not afraid to make changes and to do things in new ways. That is what it is about. I hope the Minister will let us know when he is available to debate and go through the plan. It has been endorsed by many professional people outside politics because it is a good document. It has been thought through. It is planned and it can work. It is better than some of the plans I am seeing from the Minister's side of the House. Tonight is the second time the Minister has suggested that Fine Gael is against the Grid 25 strategy. I ran to the Chamber when he did it a few weeks ago but I missed him because he had gone out the door. I advise him not to do it again. It is wrong to do what he has done.

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