Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and by the amalgamation of a number of county councils and by a changing of the relevant electoral areas for those councils, and by reducing the numbers in the Dáil, admittedly by a small number, providing an opportunity to abolish Seanad Éireann and transform this House into what it should be - a Chamber where the elected representatives of the people can hold the Executive to account.

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