Addressing his Party’s Ard Fhéis in Galway, Trevor Sargent has told delegates that their primary task was to get rid of a government that he said had become a byword for arrogance, corruption and false promises.
The Green Party leader said their impoverished vision neglected the concept of community in favour of the interests of big business.
Mr Sargent said his party would put a right to housing in the Constitution, so that the needs of the people could be put ahead of those of developers.
The Governmen's decentralisation plan, charged the Green Party leader, was simply scattering civil servants to the four winds for electoral purposes.
He added that the plans would raise a bill that would have to be paid by the people in the long term.
Mr Sargent rounded off this pre-election attack on the Government by telling delegates that if they told their story with humour and conviction in June, they would win those vital extra seats.
Health service cuts were one of the main targets at the Green Party conference in Galway today. The party chairman, John Gormley, said the Government parties would be punished for health cuts in the local and European elections.
Earlier, Green MEP Nuala Ahern challenged her party to be more positive towards Europe. She told delegates she respected principled opposition to the militarisation of the EU but could not respect what she called a simplistic eurosceptic agenda. Ms Ahern advised the party to exchange ideas with other European Greens.
The Ard Fhéis began this morning with delegates observing a minute's silence to express their sympathy for the Spanish people.
