The detail of the revised Programme for Government is available from www.greenparty.ie

The document is a mixture of firm commitments (eg. employing 500 extra teachers over the next 3 years, spending twice as much on public transport as roads over the remaining life time of the Government) and medium term aspirations (eg. protecting the most basic social welfare payments) and represents a clear shift in the tone of Government.

Clearly, implementation will be a challenge, and its probable that not all of the document will be implemented, but progress is always slow and painstaking, and most be pursued vigorously at every opportunity.

I’m confident that our current leverage in Government will enable us to push the agenda laid out in this document across every Government department, and that we will be left with a fairer, more prosperous and more sustainable country as a result.