In view of the answers the Minister has given in relation to boundaries and electoral procedures, does he not think that in the context of retaining respect for and confidence in democracy on all sides of this House it is highly insulting to suggest that a working party of officials of his own Department will in secret produce a report which Opposition Members will never see unless it is circulated without amendment? There are only 38 democracies in the entire community of nations at the UN. Would the Minister not agree that to maintain support, at a time when only 55 per cent of the electorate may bother to vote, all registered political parties, who know far more about registers and electoral abuses than any civil servants, should be represented on the working party? Does he not agree that it should not be a secret working party in the Custom House but a working party of this House, the fountain of democracy?

I am sorry Deputy Quinn takes that approach. The working party is comprised of experts——

We are the experts.

The Deputy might allow me to reply. If it is the wish of the House that the report of the working party be published, I have no objection whatsoever. I share the Deputy's concern that the situation with regard to the registers and voting procedures should be improved, especially for the disabled. That is why I set up the working party. We have had for too long talk about defects in the system from politicians at local and national level. I have taken action and I want to get speedy action when the report of the working party is forthcoming. I ask political parties to make submissions to the working party. It comprises not just officials of my Department. Two county registrars are involved, together with a sheriff, four senior local authority officials and two officials of the Department. I appeal to all interested groups to make submissions, with the one proviso I have already mentioned, namely, that the working party must not sit for the next four years while we continue to suffer from the same defects in the registers and in the voting system.