Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

First, I commend the Deputy on organising that commemoration. The people of west Limerick more than did their bit in terms of helping the struggle for Irish independence. Indeed, my late grandfather was close in the Mitchelstown area with those in west Limerick in a number of endeavours. I wish the Deputy well in that regard. They did not die in vain because we have a country, overall and globally, that is a good country to live and work in and a good country in which to have a reasonable quality of life. Part of the programme for Government is to provide good well-being metrics to ensure that we judge ourselves not just by GDP growth but, rather, that we judge ourselves by those qualities that make the difference in terms of human development and facilitating the growth and development of children in a reasonable and high quality way. That is the objective of Government during this term.

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