Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I support the call for a debate on this issue.

I would also like to ask the Leader to consider having a debate in this House about a local government matter that is mentioned in the programme for Government. I refer to the need to limit the expenditure of candidates in local elections. Some people working in non-productive sectors of the economy, such as barristers, are able to use their exploitative incomes to win seats on local authorities. I would like Senator Regan, who spent over €50,000 on getting himself elected——