False start: Kenny left red-faced as FG launches its blueprint

FINE GAEL believes it can save €5 billion and revolutionise the public sector if it was elected to serve a five-year term in government.

But is its lengthy plan a considered blueprint for reconfiguring how the state deals with its citizens or an ill-advised adventure in change for change’s sake?

To convince the country of its commitment, the party has produced a 85-page policy document which reinforces its promise to reinvent the public sector.