Mary Coughlan, TD, Tanáiste, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Mary Coughlan, TD, Tanáiste, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Constituency

Donegal South West

Notes

Appointed Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, May 2008.



Message from Minister Mary Coughlan

"Cead míle fáilte,

'Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.'

This is one of my favourite quotes from Robert Kennedy. He made the comments in 1966 and they are equally relevant today , because this is what politics is about. It’s about making change, making a difference and bettering society in a true republican ideal which is central to Fianna Fáil’s own ideology and raison d’etre.

Throughout our party website I hope you’ll find proof of the change for the better we’re trying to make in everybody’s lives, whether through the momentous achievement of the Good Friday Agreement or finding money for pensions, child benefit, agriculture grants or infrastructure. Across every Government Department we’re trying to manage and grow the economy so its fruits can be shared and divided effectively.

Slán, Mary."

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