Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It was not the buying of drink that thwarted the will of the Irish people. It was the buying of votes in a different fashion altogether that swung the electoral system in favour of one or the other party, and we know that happened in some countries. The provision requires more thought. People have suggested that some economies have suffered dramatically as a result, and not only in Ireland, of the alleged promises or whatever made at election time by people in advance. The possibility of changing the vote-----