Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When we have been in a position to bring about positive change, particularly around such social clauses, we have delivered them. Earlier, the example was given of Conor Murphy and what he did regarding roads and other elements of his ministerial portfolio. While this was happening in the North, we were being told it could not be done here. Although some of our memories might be failing, I clearly remember that period of the Celtic tiger and the constant mantra that we could not break contracts. One of the major investments at the time was in the road infrastructure, and we were always being told we could not break contracts.

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