: Could we anticipate that when the operations of what the Minister calls reactivating all those scrutinies are completed the Government will have what can be described as a regional policy which will be capable of concise statement on half a sheet of paper? I have a special reason for asking that and I will explain in a moment when I hear the Minister's reply.

: I do not know about putting it on a half sheet of paper. My recollection is that we put the 1972 statement on about four or five sheets of paper.

: Is the Minister aware that the House passed the Committee Stage of a Bill to regulate the formation of mergers, amalgamations and takeovers in which one of the criteria on which this control will be exercised is the impact of a proposed merger on national regional policy? I asked the Minister what was the national regional policy and he referred me to this Minister. I now want to know if that policy, when it emerges, will be concise enough to make any sense to a businessman.

: That is a totally separate question. One very often needs to take more than a half page to make something comprehensible to a businessman. If the Deputy wishes to table a specific question I will deal with it.