The Green Party has accused Labour of losing its way in Government by failing to implement economic stimulus policies and real public service reform.

The Greens delivered their assessment of the Fine Gael/Labour Coalition's first year in Government at a news conference in Dublin this morning.

The party said it wanted to share its experience of coalition government and to acknowledge where the current Government had got it right.

However, it said the Government had failed to provide fairness, real reform, or new economic stimulus in its first year.

Green leader Eamon Ryan said his party had expected Labour to support major public transport and infrastructure projects to help create jobs and stimulate the economy, but instead it had abandoned them.

Asked about reaction to a planned Fine Gael photocall to mark its first year in Government this week, Mr Ryan said people at this crisis time want to have a sense that people in Government are in control and working together.

People do not want a Government that was rowing in public, he added.

He said his party and Fianna Fáil lost public confidence during the latter part of the last government due to public spats.

