John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I welcome Dr. Byrne. On page 4 or her opening statement she refers to the 2007 general election. I was looking at the members of the inquiry and saw that many of us had been candidates in that election. Dr. Byrne has referred to the fact that only €1.3 million was disclosed of the €10.1 million spent in the entire election campaign. Has she analysed the amounts of funding individuals put into their own election campaigns? I was an unsuccessful candidate and virtually everything I spent on the campaign was money I had saved myself, rather than funding from the party as such.