Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Mahuru 1997, i whakarerea e Quirke tana nohoanga i te Whare Huihuinga kia tohua ai ki te Whare Kaunihera, hei whakakii i tetahi waahi waatea na te wehenga o Dominic Foreman. I pootihia ia i a ia ano i te pooti a-roana 1998 a ka pootihia hei kaiawhina whiu. Ko Quirke te tumuaki o te Select Committee on the Socio-Economic Consequences of the National Competition Policy, i whakatūria i te tau 1998 me te pūrongo i te tau 2000. I tautoko ia i te pōti "Ae" i te
Te pōti tūmatanui o Ahitereiria 1999.