P316 CEEFAX 316 Tue 12 Jun 21:13/25 1/4 OO EURO-ELECTIONS June 1984 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND How the Republic voted in 1979 % Fianna Fail 34.7 Fine Gael 31.1 Labour 14.5 Others 19.7 National profile in a momentP316 CEEFAX 316 Tue 12 Jun 21:18/23 2/4 OO EURO-ELECTIONS June 1984 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Turn out at 1979 Euro-election: 63.6 pet cent (Electorate: 2.2m). Parties in national government: Fine Gael, Labour. European election voting system: Voluntary voting from the age of 18, with the Single Transferable Vote - each elector has the same numbjt of votes as seats which hj or she numbers in order of preference. The counting is more complicated, but the advantage is said to bj in having stronger choice of a particular MP or party. National profile continuesP316 CEEFAX 316 Tue 12 Jun 21:15/26 3/4 O EURO-ELECTIONS June 1984 RJPUDLJC OF IRELAND Number of seats in European parliament: Fifteen, consisting of: * 4 Socialists * 4 Christian Democrats * 1 Liberals and Democrats * 5 European Progressive Democrats * 1 Group for Technical Coordination BBC correspondent's view in a momentP316 CEEFAX 316 Tue 12 Jun 21:13/26 4/4 OO A view by the BBC's Dublin Correspondent Ireland did well out of recent summits on the crucial milk supjt levy question - which has probably sjrvjd to heighten awareness of Europe, but issues will, as elsewhere, bj largely domestic. The elections will bj used as a mid- term assjsssment of govjtnmjnt performance. The current government's economic policies have been deeply unpopular, but the opposition, according to opinion polls, does not appear to have profited accordingly. - Denis Murray -