From a sample of 400 voters in North Tipperary, 92 per cent believed a TD should have to resign if found to have evaded tax payments or obstructed the work of a tribunal.
But only 36 per cent agreed that Mr Michael Lowry should have had to resign as a TD after he left Fine Gael in 1996 following the revelation that Ben Dunne had paid for an extension to his home in Holycross. Forty-eight per cent disagreed with that view.
Health emerged as the single biggest issue for voters for the next election, with 35 per cent putting healthcare and hospitals as their top concerns. It is the third time health concerns were highlighted in the four monthly surveys by TG4/MRBI. In Galway West, 44 per cent highlighted the issue, and in Cork South Central, 45 per cent.
The state of roads was chosen by 30 per cent of voters as an issue, followed by crime/law and order (26 per cent), cost of living/inflation (25 per cent) and drugs (24 per cent).