David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would support a plebiscite, but only if the opportunity were given for secession by Fingal, because it has very special needs and I do not see why we must ram it through. Ninety-eight percent of people in Fingal voted against it; where is the democracy there? Why not let them develop organically in their own way as a small unit? It might be a template for allowing more local democracy, of which we see very little. Let the people of Dublin decide, but if the people of Fingal want to stay out of it, let them do so. They will probably do a hell of a lot better on their own than they would if they were meshed with Dublin, as their interests do not automatically coincide with the urban area of metropolitan Dublin.