Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

I was amused to discover that I had spent more than some people and I agree with Senator Boyle on that issue. Cheque book politics is alive and well in Irish politics. Let us get rid of it. I suggest the electoral commission be brought into being now before the local elections. Let us have accountability and let us clean up politics. Some 99.9% of the people I know in local and national politics are honest individuals. I am sure the House will agree with that.