Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

The sense of pleasure is definitely not there.

I would like to correct the record. Both I and Deputy Deasy listened to Deputy Thomas Byrne and nearly had to confer sainthood on him. He never did anything wrong and did not know why people were worried about the system. I felt that if I got close to him, some of his goodness might rub off on me. However, that would mean getting too close.

He said that the Labour Party candidate outspent him in the most recent general election. For the record, the Standards in Public Office Commission published spending figures show that Deputy Thomas Byrne, Meath East, spent €26,168 while the Labour Party candidate, Dominic Hannigan, Meath East, spent €22,465.56.

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