(Limerick East): When will the Taoiseach be in a position to inform the House about decisions on these committees?

I do not think there is any need for me to set a time limit on that. The process of establishing such committees is one what will go on for the lifetime of this Dáil, five years.

I am trying, slowly and matter of factly, to establish what the Taoiseach is talking about. He referred——

The Deputy cannot make a speech.

What does the Taoiseach mean by "effective"? Does he mean a committee prepared with an open mind to consider all existing problems in an area or one to approach——

An effective Oireachtas committee is one for which it is possible, within an half-an-hour of the time it is supposed to meet, to get a quorum to assemble.