Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)

It is not in the big divvy-up way that Fine Gael uses, where it pays for its delegates to come to get the punter it wants on the tickets. That is not the way it will be done in our party.

To clarify for the Minister, given that he showed such great interest in how some of our delegates voted, we are 100% in favour of greater female participation in electoral politics, but this Bill does not go far enough. It only deals with general elections and does not deal with local authority or Seanad elections. Most people will make their start in politics in a local authority election so the Minister should introduce the quotas at that stage. There is also the fact that the Minister has not seen fit to ban corporate donations. I will not mention the Moriarty report again as Senator Mac Conghail has already outlined its view. I believe the Minister should just go ahead and ban them. To allow for corporate donations in the Bill is not enough. However, I am interested in hearing the Minister's response to this amendment because I foresee a difficulty with the immediacy of disclosure of personal donations. We will decide whether to support the amendment on the basis of his response.