Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Nobody is taking rural areas and the difference between the work of Deputies based in cities and areas with large populations and those in more rural areas into consideration when making changes to constituencies. Many Deputies representing the greater Dublin area can walk the length and breadth of their constituencies in a couple of minutes. Compare that to the work a rural Deputy must do to give proper representation to his or her constituents. It is a completely different ball game but, unfortunately, the Government seems hell-bent on this gerrymandering or Hogan-mandering. I certainly do not like it and do not see any point in it. If the Government thinks it will weaken the resolve of some Deputies in this House and get rid of them, it might get a bad fright yet.

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