John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

People who were prepared to remain there and contribute to its future were effectively thrown out. This was an appalling thing to happen.

Senator John Paul Phelan also spoke about the forthcoming general election. The Taoiseach dealt with that matter adequately. I am sure that were the election date to be changed from Thursday to Friday, similar criticisms would be made. Senators Lydon and O'Toole also spoke about electronic voting. I suspect that if the manual system were examined in the same manner as the electronic voting system, one would find similar inconsistencies regarding the record of those who came in to vote and the number of votes cast.