Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

This Government will not repeat the mistakes of the past. We are changing the way politics works to make it more transparent, more accountable and designed to secure the best outcome for the Irish people.

We are implementing our programme for Government commitments to improve the terms of the EU-IMF programme. This is a work in progress but our results to date include a reduction in the penal interest rate margin on the bailout package, which is worth a reduction of €10 billion in the burden of debt; the creation of jobs through the introduction of the jobs initiative-----

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