Seanad
‹ Order of Business Further electoral boundary dispute
Summary
Senator Leyden renews allegations about the preparation of electoral boundary plans, while the Deputy Leader rejects them and cites the independent commission’s contradiction of similar claims.
Who drew up the plans but the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government?
Comment on this
We cannot have independence if we are relying on civil servants.
Comment on this
I did not interrupt the Senator. When the leader of Fianna Fáil, Deputy Micheál Martin, made a comment about this issue after the conference, he was utterly contradicted by the members of the independent electoral commission.