Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

A new poverty trap is being created, as Senator Coffey pointed out. The Government parties do not get much right, but they should be careful to poverty-proof policies and fix anomalies.

The public's trust in politics is declining. Transparency Ireland has announced that Ireland is rated top of the world by its own people for cronyism, clientelism and corruption. What will the Government do to bring about a new politics that will engage the people in order that they can trust their leaders? Fine Gael has a plan. What is the Government's?