I should like to thank the Taoiseach for his reply. A number of questions arise from it and I will try to be as brief as possible. I should like to ask the Taoiseach if the Government committee, composed of Ministers and chaired by himself, is simultaneously addressing itself not only to the problems of the completion of the internal market but also to the problems of integrated programmes and their preparation.

Yes, all aspects.

I should like to ask the Taoiseach if the committee composed of civil servants and engaged in finalising the brief for consultants preparing the integrated programme for Dublin, will be reporting directly to the Government committee?

Yes, that will probably be the procedure.

I should like to put one further question to the Taoiseach bearing in mind that we will have more time to debate these matters on Thursday. Will the elected public representatives of Dublin city and county — city councillors, county councillors or Oireachtas Members — be involved at any stage in that process and, if so, where and how?

I must confess to the Deputy that I have not addressed that aspect. As the Deputy will know, officials of the local authorities are involved as a matter of course, but whether there will be another step in the process is something we will have to consider.

I want to call Deputy Bruton.

I should like to put a final supplementary question to the Taoiseach.

Deputy Quinn has put a multiple of supplementaries and I was allowed to put one.

Will the Taoiseach not agree that having one assistant city and county manager representing approximately one third of the population of the State when there are more than 80 representatives for the same territory is hardly satisfactory? Will the Taoiseach look at this with a view to coming back to the House with a proposition or proposal?

The function of the committee is to prepare integrated plans. It is more executive and operational rather than a representative matter. In so far as any integrated plan for Dublin city, or any other local authority area, is concerned, at the end of the day it will have to be implemented to a large extent by that local authority and I certainly foresee that the local authority will have an important role to play in regard to it.