Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The people of Mayo will not stand for this. We will not be pushed to one side. People and contractors who have worked in our communities for years and years are not going to stand by and be pushed around like this. Something needs to be sorted and the Government has to step up for them and for the workers. One worker told me today of his experience of having to go to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. It is all right saying they are entitled to income support but the fact is they have mortgages, commitments and all these things that will not be met by income support

They are being driven into poverty. Something has to be done and the Government has to step up.

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