Charlie McCreevy (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

Having heard the opening attacks of the Opposition, there is no doubt that the Fine Gael Party's motion has nothing to do with genuine concerns that our electoral system is in danger. The Opposition parties know that this system has already been used without complaint 70 million times. The Opposition knows that the system has been independently verified and that it will continue to be run by the same people who have always run it.

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