Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a very simple, straightforward position. I have a serious job to do in each of the briefs I am very privileged to be exercising. To be in Minister in this Government is a great privilege and something I do not take for granted. It is a particular privilege to be a Minister in a Government that is full of talented Cabinet Ministers and junior Ministers supported by the Fine Gael and Labour parliamentary parties.

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