Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A total of €31.9 million, or 69% of the national total of €45 million, went to the Dublin region. From that perspective, this is an issue with which the Government must deal. As we approach 2016, the centenary of the Rising, I would like to think the legacy the Government will leave behind it for the start of the new century from 2016 onwards will be a city that has been cleaned up. I want it to be a situation in which there is not a homelessness problem, as these issues have been dealt with, and, in respect of the major buildings of the capital city, that the Government has put them in a position in which the next generation, 100 years on, can ask what they have got here. As Deputy Adams asked, what kind of Republic do we want? I want to see a country that is well run, in which the economy is efficient, where services are delivered for people, where the young can be proud of the adventure of life and where older citizens can be respected for the contribution they have made.

That is the challenge of politics and the people will judge us in due course as one Government. They are my ambitions to deliver for the people. It is never easy; it is always challenging, but it is always good to have an ambition that sets out a future for the country.

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