Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)

Having watched the Committee Stage debate on electronic voting, the arrogance of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government amazed me. Any Member who raised queries on it was labelled a Luddite or accused of anti-globalisation. If the Minister had adopted a constructive tone with all the leading people in this field and Opposition Members, he might not have found himself in the unfortunate situation in which he is now. If the Minister was a managing director of a company and made a decision on the basis of the information he had to spend over €50 million, he would not be in a job now.