It is the honour of my life to lead this great party, our great party, Fine Gael.
When I was eight, my little brother, Adam, was born and my parents quickly realised he was a little bit different. As time went on and we realised Adam was autistic, although much less was known about autism at the time, I grew increasingly frustrated at the dearth of information and the absence of support for families like ours.
And in a week where I saw the tricolour of this republic draped over the coffin of a garda killer, I say shame. Let's take our flag. Fine Gael will always support democracy and freedom, and we condemn the horrific, illegal invasion of Ukraine by Putin. This is a great country and we should never allow people to talk it down. We have many problems to solve and I know the people just want us to crack on with this work.
I want young people to believe in their future in Ireland. We owe it to them. We need to make this happen.
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