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Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: The report of the commission on electronic voting has highlighted the arrogance and incompetence of the Government and was a devastating indictment of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The commission was given narrow terms of reference, which covered just three issues: accuracy, secrecy and testing. The Government's proposal was found inadequate in all three....

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: ——following this expensive fiasco reflecting the kind arrogance and incompetence I have not seen for some time?

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach is well aware that the Commission on Electronic Voting was established only in response to a motion in this House which was tabled by Fine Gael, Labour and the Green Party. Had it not been for that motion and the pressure on the Government, the Taoiseach would have pressed ahead with a flawed system of voting in the June elections. During the debate on that motion, the Minister...

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach said he was sure that if he put his head into the middle of an ATM machine for six weeks, he would probably be convinced that it was robbing him of his money. The commission thought otherwise.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: Last week, the Taoiseach was commendably forthright in condemning the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Noel Dempsey, and the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Fahey, for their extravagance and abuse of public privilege. That forthrightness has not lasted very long when he dismisses this kind of expenditure as being of a minor order....

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: ——who, if he did the same in a private company, would be sacked forthwith? He is now sandwiched between the Taoiseach and the Minister for Defence.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: How can the Taoiseach have confidence in a Minister who has flagrantly abused the public purse to the detriment of €52 million?

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: Fingal County Council budgeted €30,000 for electronic voting but will now incur costs of €250,000.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Cullen, has no credibility as a Minister and should be removed from office forthwith.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: I do not agree to the adjournment of the Dáil in respect of No. 17. The Electoral (Amendment) Bill should be withdrawn.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: That is what we would be discussing in that period.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: I do not object to that adjournment. That is because of the Arbour Hill ceremonies.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Bill should be withdrawn. The terms of reference are too narrow.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: We are returning to the House to discuss a Bill that is completely inadequate. If the Taoiseach wants support for an independent electoral commission on this matter——

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: It is ridiculous to return to discuss it. The Ceann Comhairle sits in the Chair of this House. Page 21 of the report states: —in particular, experts retained by the Commission found it very easy to bypass electronic security measures and gain complete control of the hardened PC, overwrite the software, and thereby in theory to gain complete control over the count in a given constituency.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Chair is under a misapprehension. This matter was not agreed. Deputy Durkan raised a point of order and the Chair sought to put the question.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: I have no objection to attending the very important commemoration ceremony in Arbour Hill tomorrow. My point is that the flawed Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004 should be withdrawn, as its terms of reference are too narrow. We should have an independent electoral commission dealing with all elections, in which the people can put their trust.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: I expect the Chair to put the question again because it was not agreed.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: If the Chair plays back the televised record, in the way they do at an international rugby match, he will see that Deputy Durkan was on his feet raising a point of order.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Enda Kenny: It was a point of order and I ask the Chair to put the question again because this matter is not agreed.