asked the Taoiseach the composition of the Government's subcommittee which is co-ordinating Ireland's approach to 1992 as referred to by him in Dáil Éireann on Thursday, 5 May 1988; in respect of the committee the frequency of its meetings; the Department which is providing the secretariat; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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asked the Taoiseach if the Government intend to launch an information campaign in respect of the implementation of the provisions and intentions of the Single European Act by 1992; the projected cost, content, timing and date of launch of the campaign; and the way in which the Government and their agencies will be preparing for 1992.

A Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 and 4 together.

My reply to a question in the House on 23 March indicated in general terms the measures which the Government are taking in relation to the completion of the internal market. We will be launching a campaign in the near future to make the various economic sectors in Ireland aware of the challenges and opportunities associated with the 1992 deadline and to promote the taking of the necessary preparatory steps by these sectors. The detailed arrangements for the campaign are currently being decided.

I chair the Government committee which has been established to deal with the overall co-ordination of our efforts on the completion of the European Single Market and the effective use of the expanded European Structural Funds. The other members of the committee are the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Finance, Industry and Commerce, Agriculture and Food, Labour, the Environment and Energy and our appropriate departmental secretaries.

I should like to ask the Taoiseach if it is the Government's intention to publish a White Paper indicating the effects on individual sectors of the positions to be taken before 1992, as was done at the time we joined the EC? Will the Taoiseach indicate if the Government can take the decisions within their remit before launching this campaign in order to create an atmosphere of certainty for business in regard to such matters as the time scale for the harmonisation of taxes, the removal of exchange controls and the detailed operations of the structural funds within Ireland? Will the Government take decisions on those matters in order to give the necessary example to business in regard to timely preparation?

It would be quite impossible for us to take decisions on a number of the matters mentioned by the Deputy. We cannot take any decision in regard to harmonisation of taxes until we see how the discussions proceed. With regard to the structural funds, the regulation which will set out the way in which the structural funds will be disbursed is still under consideration and discussion. All we can decide at this stage is our approach to these matters.