The former Deputy leader of Fine Gael says the botched heave he led was necessary for the party to show the public the strength it has.
In a blog posted on his website last night Richard Bruton also makes a clear pitch for a frontbench job.
He says that all talent in Fine Gael must be utilised.
He adds that much has been written about ineptitude, ill-timing, elitism and raw ambition to describe what happened in Fine Gael in recent weeks.
But says the truth is very different as many people of real conviction on both sides argued passionately about the future of the party.
And he says that passion must now be harnessed into new purposefulness and direction.
Richard Bruton says he believes it was important that the question was put as to whether Fine Gael needed a change of leader in order to fulfil its potential, saying it opened the valve to a badly needed debate about what Fine Gael needs to do.
He accuses Labour of being a party of protest and doing well out of it but that Fine Gael would not be convincing at it.
