Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I understand. It is very important that this committee speaks on behalf the workers today. It is also very important that we should speak about how these contracts are constructed. I was told by an employee of one of these large contractors that if they remained on a contract that the fuel burn of heavy machinery on the road would cost €5 million more than the tender price, which is unsustainable. Today, we will talk about materials, steel and aggregates but the fuel alone to fulfil a major project could cost an additional €5 million.

One stretch of this project is located in the vicinity the Country Club Bar in Caherdavin, which is located on the border of counties Clare and Limerick, and it has traffic cones and a little battery operated traffic lights system. For the life of me and the people who live there we cannot imagine that another contractor will commence work in the next few months and we do not know what is happening.