Lucinda Creighton has unveiled her plans for a new political party.
She has been joined by financial commentator Eddie Hobbs and around 100 volunteers to launch a new party in around eight weeks' time.
The party will have four major policy platforms, but says its members will not be under a party whip for votes on "matters of conscience" like same-sex marriage.
Deputy Creighton says she is highly ambitious for what her new party can achieve.
"We will not live or die by opinion polls; politicians, political parties live or die by the will of the people and we will live or die by the will of the people at the next election" she said.
"That's the only measure that we can operate by – and I can't predict that".
"I think it would be foolish to sit here today and try to predict how many seats our new political party can or will win at the next election" she added.
