I should like to ask the Taoiseach if he would agree that the words he used in reply to the questions from Deputies Bruton and Quinn today are almost the same as those he used three months ago when replying to a similar question from me, including the statement that the committee would be set up soon? It now transpires that the committee will not be set up until June.

No, the Deputy was not listening.

The Deputy has got it wrong.

This hardly demonstrates the urgency that I believe is required in relation to this. Will the Taoiseach agree that the tone of the statements coming from the Government is to the effect that we must be ready for 1992, as if that were the commencing date? I should like to remind the Taoiseach that 1992 is the completion date. What we are concerned about is happening.

The Deputy is embarking on a speech rather than putting a question.

Will the Taoiseach agree that already there are 70 Directives in position? Will the Taoiseach agree that the Government will have to show a great deal more urgency in this matter than they have shown to date?

No, I would not agree. The Deputy has, once again, demonstrated his capacity to get simple things wrong. I said that the awareness meeting will be held in June.

The Taoiseach has shown again his capacity to trip himself up.

The Deputy should let the House hear the Taoiseach's reply.

A great deal of work has been going on for some considerable time.

Did the Taoiseach say that the committee would be formed next month?

No, the committee has been formed and has been meeting. The public meeting will be in June.

That is not soon enough.