John Kelly (Labour)

I will be very brief. The PPS number does not always carry the up-to-date address of the person.

In our efforts to appease the general public by reducing the number of Members in the Dáil, closing down the Seanad and reducing the number of county councillors and all that kind of nonsense, we are actually taking power away from the people. A number of years ago when we decided to abolish the health boards, we took power away from the people and handed it over to the HSE, which resulted in the mess we are in now. I genuinely hope the general public, when examining this issue, will consider all these matters for their own sake.