I agree fully with what the Deputy has said in the second part of his question though I would not go so far as to suggest that the only solution would be to have one Minister responsible for everything. That situation could create as many new demarcation problems as exist already, because there are some matters relating to food which could not be put under one ministerial heading because of their having a link with some other Department. The committee are working very well. To give more up-to-date information, in the past 24 hours they have made a specific recommendation in regard to one area and that recommendation has been accepted by both Ministers concerned. It will be implemented in the near future. However, I cannot make any public statement now as to what that recommendation is. Indeed, I cannot say if a public statement will be made on it, but I am confident that the sort of concrete recommendation involved represents the sort of thing this committee can do well. They are not a committee established for the purpose of making an academic study. They were set up for the purpose of making decisions and that is why the group includes politicians and not officials. From the evidence of the committee's work so far, I am confident they will work very well.

I am glad to hear that decisions will be taken, because they are needed in this area, but would the Minister agree that we are talking of a sphere in which over a period up to 10,000 jobs could be created in the event of the correct strategy being set?

I agree, but I would add that the matters to which the Deputy refers are not the only ones with which the committee are dealing. They are dealing with departmental problems and with the question of the lack of co-ordination of State services. There is a whole area in which there is a lack of co-ordination between private sector interests in the food industry. I have indicated already what I am doing about the supermarkets, for instance, and the possibility of additional food processing in that respect. I agree that this is area in which we need to make major progress, but this is a matter which will be addressed in detail in the industrial White Paper.