Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I hope that a responsible media will see the cynicism of an Opposition that is not prepared to consider it. This is the usual outrage of an Opposition that will read nothing, understand nothing and put forward nothing.

The machines have been validated beyond question by an international commission, but Deputy Kenny will not recognise that. I want to give him the opportunity to recover himself on round two. He stated that the software cost €60 million. He does not understand that less than €500,000 was spent on the election management software.

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