Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

In the Senator's constituency. Each of these areas was picked by objective criteria. I can show the Senator all the maps and the details. When the revision took place there was not one DED added west of the Corrib. There were quite a number of DEDs east of the Corrib because the figures stood up that way. I did not do the first analysis, but when we got the 2002 results and examined the matter carefully, on the objective criteria we laid down, there were areas to be added east of the Corrib but not west of it. None of the areas east of the Corrib was in my constituency.

The hurt for the Senator is that the Government is doing things that people want us to do. It seems that the biggest sin in politics now is to listen to what people want and act on those wishes.