Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There has been a whole question about democratic deficits and such things. We listened to Deputy Gould at the end speaking about it. The bottom line is that all of us here are elected in our constituencies. The Dáil then elects the Government. I know there were even some questions previously about whether someone getting elected on the fifth, sixth or seventh count has greater weighting then someone elected on the first count. Deputy Gould has not raised that argument, whereby people previously questioned democratic principles when it suited their party.

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