Mr. Cathal O'Regan:

With the tightness of that vote the Deputy refers to, we did a full recount on the day and got the same result. I did a post hoc audit of the ballot papers, so I can confidently say there was every evidence that people understood the single transferable voting process. There was no question that there was any confusion on the ballot papers. As far as we are concerned, everything was above board and in order with the result of that vote.