Looking at the report of the SPOC one reaches the conclusion that an average of €33,380 was spent on each Fianna Fáil candidate, a large sum by any standards. It must be a great source of pain to the Taoiseach and his allies in government when there is talk about real transparency and accountability in how we spend money during elections but principally in the period leading up to the calling of an election because the Government has to be aware that it is making a mockery of the Act.