Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As a general point, that is valid. Members are elected by people as well, and they have different views, as we know. People will want to do things differently. That is the balance we want to get right. I would engage on Professor Farrell's point that the model is too managerial. I believe he was involved with the original models. There was criticism in certain quarters of this House of what I would call wrong allegations in respect of the thing being managed and choreographed and so on.

We will always consider ways of improving the model, but we are at the cutting edge in Europe. Very few are doing this in Europe to the same degree as us in terms of our model of participatory democracy.