Sir, - Your recent Editorial on plans to improve the efficiency of the Dail offers hope for the future. However, it has recently come to my notice that 30 per cent of the current members of Dail Eireann have presently or have had in the past close relatives in the same seats. This suggests that the gene pool in the Dail is rather stale. - Yours, etc.,
Niall O'Brien,
Sandymount,
Dublin 4.