Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

The primary goal of the partnership Government is recovery, working for Irish people and harnessing the positive values, abilities and determination of ordinary men and women. That means working towards jobs which are sustainable and making our society inclusive and socially just. The Government reshuffle is about renewal and today is about refocusing and reaffirming our absolute determination to get through this economic crisis.

As we meet today there are more than 430,000 of our friends, neighbours and family members on the dole, and that is what we should be talking about today.

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