Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

I am illustrating with one or two examples the effects of Government policy because that is how such matters are perceived locally. I want the Taoiseach to be answerable for that. The only reason the Government is driving public private partnerships is for ideological reasons and to facilitate powerful private corporate companies. The experience of the Jarvis schools shows that if schools were provided in the traditional way, in the long run it would be much cheaper for the taxpayer.

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