The dynamic has changed - A glimpse inside cabinet
Most particularly, he describes the changes — he might call them improvements — since Enda Kenny and Michael Noonan left high office. He speaks of a new inclusivity, a new recognition that diversity strengthens rather than weakens collective Government.
“We are now also fortunate to have a Taoiseach that encourages diversity ... in the previous cabinet that wasn’t there,” says the Independent Alliance deputy. “The previous taoiseach was very nice and courteous, but he would shut you down ... Leo gets the whole idea of diversity, that the Government is made up of Independents and Fine Gael and we we have to be listened to.”
