How's your father? You lose track of the amount of times this is said to Liam Cosgrave as he goes door to door in Dalkey, County Dublin. The name of his Dad, former Taoiseach Liam, crops up with yawn inducing regularity and when it does the promise of a number one vote is never far away.
At least it gives Senator Cosgrave something to talk about. His minimalist approach to canvassing (shake hand, talk about father, exit scene in big ambling strides) means discussions about voter concerns are sometimes all one way. When issues do come up, he lets the voters do most of the talking rarely offering a considered response.
One woman tells him her worries about primary school funding and apologises because she isn't familiar with the FG education policy.
The brief pause that follows seems the perfect opportunity for the candidate to blow his party's trumpet but Cosgrave stays silent in the hot afternoon sun.
This happens a few times. Still, Cosgrave (grandson of William T Cosgrave) appears to have solid support in this part of his Dún Laoghaire constituency. This despite what he sees as his party's attempts to scupper his chances by introducing a third FG candidate John Bailey into the fray.
An active politician for much of his life, he is determined that attempts to turn this Cosgrave into a Wasgrave will not succeed.
He says his father Liam Snr, who celebrated his 82nd birthday recently, "wasn't very happy" about Bailey being added to the FG ticket. "But it is the people of the constituency who will decide my fate."
People like the pensioners in a housing complex in Dalkey village who say things like "Another Cosgrave? Ah good, glad you are back."
Then there is the woman who offers her total support but shouts after him, "get up and do a bit of work for us like your father".
He is at home here in Dalkey, canvassing the road where he used to live, knocking on houses, some ordinary, some with stone lions on the gate posts and boats in the front garden.
Others are occupied by people who play bridge in the afternoons.
Joining him on the canvass is his wife Joan, son Barry (11) and his other son, a keen canvasser, William (8).
It's "weird" having so many politicians in the family, he says, happily ringing doorbells, posting leaflets and generally following his father on his electoral quest. Cosgrave, the Next Generation? Watch this space.