I would have imagined that Red C, which was charged with the responsibility of appointing people to the Citizens' Assembly, would have selected at least two people from each county, with the rest being weighted in favour of the urban centres, but that has not happened. This is of particular concern in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim because there is no representation on the Citizens' Assembly from Sligo, Leitrim or Cavan.

Or County Tipperary.

I ask the Taoiseach to address this situation. These people are entitled to a voice in the same way as people from Cork, Galway or wherever else.

Hear, hear.

I ask the Taoiseach to address this anomaly so that people from these areas have a voice at the Citizens' Assembly.

I take the point raised by Deputy Scanlon. Ninety-nine citizens were selected by a polling company on the basis of region, gender and age as part of a tendered competition. The way it turned out is unfortunate for countries Sligo, Cavan and Leitrim.

And six other counties.

We need to hear the voices not just of counties Leitrim, Cavan and Sligo, but of a representative group of 99 citizens from all over the country.

There are nine counties missing.

While I take Deputy Scanlon's point, I assure him that the competition used to select those involved was completely independent and objective.

I cannot agree with that.