Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I am astonished that an elected representative would imply that any member who would be duly elected by the bodies, residents' associations and other groups in a constituency would only be a token member or would simmer on the backboiler. I would have every confidence in the person who would be elected from the constituency, which is well represented in this House by a number of the Deputies present——

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