The report tells us that in all 56 candidates exceeded the limit. By any standards, this was not a great surprise and did not raise many eyebrows because the Supreme Court judgment, which came as a result of an action taken by defeated general election candidate Mr. Des Kelly, arrived so late that campaigning proper had probably ceased as it was one or two days before polling day. Since publication of the report the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, has signalled his intention to overhaul election spending limits. He has said he wants a fully transparent and accountable system that would be clearer, more concise and easily understood by all. He also says there are complexities in the current system. One does not need to be an Einstein or a rocket scientist to know that the only complexities in the current system are that Fianna Fáil is excluded from spending over the prescribed limits. It has to operate within the same parameters as every other political party but that does not suit because it does not want to stop at the prescribed limits. It wants to spend, spend, spend.