Kelleher can’t remember voting for Cowan but says voting’s like a “cattle mart”

The Fianna Fail MEP Billy Kelleher says he witnessed TDs “facilitating a vote” for other members while they were in the Chamber on “numerous occasions” during his time in the Dail.

The Ireland South MEP was reacting to media reports that he may have voted for Barry Cowan during a vote in the Dail.  

Mr Kelleher says he can’t remember doing so but admits it could have happened because he says the voting system in the Dail is chaotic. And he argues a habit evolved where TDs were tapped on the shoulder and asked to vote on another TD’s behalf.

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