Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

The Minister of State is a good example of a hard-working constituency Deputy.

One cannot be À la carte on this issue. One cannot say that one does not want the large political parties to make decisions on constituency boundaries and then say one does not like the alternative either. No cogent argument has been put forward for a radical departure from the arrangements that have been in operation for a considerable period. Constituencies restricted to three, four or five seats have been a fact of life as long as I have been on the planet.

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