Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

The Taoiseach referred to this issue and I want to get to the nub of the matter. Contracts have to be fair and equitable. Is it anything other than an unfair contract or gangster capitalism that a private corporation can build a bridge for the equivalent of €38 million and then hold the taxpayer to ransom for €600 million to buy it out?

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