Over the course of the last four and a half years, I’ve had the great honour of leading our country as Taoiseach and as Tánaiste. I and the Fianna Fáil party as a whole, worked every day to help our country overcome some of the biggest challenges in our history. 

We worked to lead our country through a terrible pandemic, to overcome a rapidly-hitting recession and to tackle the impact of war and disruption in Europe.

We would never claim to have got everything right, but we did secure real progress for our country.  The fact is that there are now over half a million more people at work than there were four and a half years ago. Public finances are strong, public services have expanded, and major investments are underway. To secure services and investments into the future, we have also created the largest ever reserve funds.

This is a record of real achievement, but we know that we must go further – that there are many urgent challenges which must be overcome.

That is why we are setting out an ambitious and comprehensive plan of action for the next five years. It addresses all major areas of public policy but sets clear priority actions in a number of areas including:

• Helping families and businesses cope with high prices.
• A major programme of investment and reform in health services.
• Further expanding homebuilding and support for first-time buyers and renters.
• Support for safe, clean and successful communities.
• Protecting Ireland’s economy and its voice in Europe and the wider world.
• Investment in schools and all levels of education.

We will set out how Fianna Fáil in Government will protect the progress we all value and how we will deliver sustained action on the most important issues for Ireland’s future.

We have a plan for moving Ireland forward, together.