Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That was what they had in mind, not where we are today and the fact that the Labour Party frittered away any support it had before. Those of us who now have the honour of carrying out that task will not squander that opportunity. We will play our role in building that alternative.

People who went out and voted on 26 February have the right to change, not the change we have seen in this Dáil, which is of more of the same. They want real change. We will build it, we will change it, we will have meaningful change and meaningful change is on the way. I will use every sinew and bone in my body and work with people who are progressive on the left to make that change and to vindicate the right to change, here in this bubble and in their homes, in the streets, in their communities and in their workplaces.

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