Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Satumbar 1997, Quirke ya yi murabus daga kujerarsa a majalisar dokoki don a nada shi a majalisar dattijai, ya cika wani gurbi na yau da kullun da aka samu sakamakon murabus din Dominic Foreman. An zabe shi da kansa a zaben tarayya na 1998 kuma daga baya aka zabe shi a matsayin mataimakin whip. Quirke ya jagoranci Kwamitin Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Tattalin Arziki na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Ƙasa, wanda aka kafa a 1998 kuma ya ruwaito a 2000. Ya goyi bayan kuri'ar "Ee" a cikin
1999 zaben raba gardama na Australiya.