Mr. Art O'Leary:

I agree with the Deputy. I was not trying to devalue the work that is done on exit polling. It was just to indicate that 30% of our electorate do not vote. I have been a fan of this for years. When I worked in this parish many years ago, I wondered how the communications fund managed to syphon off a large chunk of funding to help support the electoral project that was being done by Professor Michael Marsh and now Dr. Reidy and Professor Farrell. This data is so important. When we start getting that data, it should be able to give members enough ammunition in the Oireachtas to make proper, well-intentioned, evidenced-based decisions regarding further electoral reform.