Slogan: A fairer Ireland

First Primary Policy: In 2009 the Fine Gael plan includes €340m in tax cuts and breaks aimed at stimulating the economy and protecting jobs. This figure rises to €645m in 2010. Total savings for the Exchequer in 2009, allowing for tax cutting proposals, is €3.5 billion, 1/3rd from new taxation measures and 2/3rds from spending controls.

Second Primary Policy: Fine Gael has ruled out the introduction of 3rd Level College fees and said that a new Graduate PRSI contribution scheme would raise in the region of €500m per year for the 3rd level sector.

Third Primary Policy: Fine Gael has set out proposals to radically overhaul the operation of the Dáil and Seanad.

History: Fine Gael was established as an independent party in 1933.

However, it can trace its history back to the struggle for Irish independence, which gathered new momentum in 1916.

Today new policies are being debated and published; there has been a total re-organisation at every level; and fresh blood has been brought into the Party through new, younger Front Bench members and almost 10,000 new members throughout the country.

Leader Enda Kenny has spelled out a vision of Fine Gael as a Party of the progressive centre, that aims to bring to Irish politics the principles of equality, enterprise, reward, security for communities, integrity in public life, and hope for the future.