The Government has published its annual progress report in which it claims the past year has seen "achievement abroad and consolidation at home."
The Taoiseach and the Tanaiste say progress has been made in the Programme for Government over the last year including the delivery of the Luas light rail system in Dublin, broadband access, road builing, and insurance costs.
"Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats have delivered dramatic reductions in taxations over the last five years," the report says.
"The policy has helped to generate unprecedented growth in the Irish economy, a spectacular increase in the number of people at work and the effective elimination of long-term unemployment.
It says the two parties hope to remove all those on the national minimum wage from the tax net over the next five years.
The Government also vowed to implement the National Health Strategy. A
report on progress in 2003 is currently being compiled.
"We believe that it is necessary to improve the transparency and effectiveness of the administration and funding of acute services as distinct from the other full range of areas funded by health boards," the document says.
It also says Ireland should "continue to play an active role on promoting development, human rights and democracy in the world.
"In the pursuance of our foreign policy objectives, we remain committed to the primacy of the UN's role in promoting constructive international relations."
It is the second annual report in the lifetime of the Government and the seventh successive report since Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats came to power in 1997.