Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was not aware of that but I am happy to sit on that again.

With regard to the Minister's response to the situation, if it was not so serious it would certainly represent a comical gesture in this House. With one bidder left to take up this contract the Minister believes he will get shovels in the ground more quickly, he will get the job done ahead of schedule and he will get value for money. I do not think that anybody believes that is possible. The motion before the House gives Members an opportunity to get behind it and look for a review of where the Minister is at today. A review does not have to delay the plan and it can happen in parallel with the work that is under way.

I ask the Minister to go back to Government, to give serious consideration to the proposal put before him and,once and for all, to put in place a plan that gives some hope to the people who are most affected by this debacle.

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