Over the past year the Taoiseach has shown significant interest in the north inner city and to his credit he has spent a good deal of time there. He tasked Kieran Mulvey with producing a report, which most of the stakeholders in the community believe charts a route forward that will be very beneficial. Last week, I visited the north inner city with my former Dáil colleague, Joe Costello, and we spoke to many community groups. There is growing scepticism about the ongoing commitment to this project and, in particular, about the prospect of the Taoiseach not being in the role he currently occupies. In February, the Taoiseach announced he would shortly appoint an independent executive chair to lead a number of the implementation structures, but three months later we have not had this appointment. The people I spoke to in the north inner city are very fearful. As one of them put it, if the Taoiseach disappears over the horizon so will the commitment to this really important project. When can we expect to hear the announcement of an independent chair and what other specific actions does the Taoiseach intend to take to implement the report?

I thank Deputy Howlin. He can take it for granted that interest will not wane in this matter-----

Does that mean Paschal is going to be a candidate?

-----not just because the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform represents the north inner city. I will go there in the coming weeks to see the ongoing progress on a whole range of projects. Deputy Howlin's question is valid. We made a commitment and we will see that funding is provided for a chief executive to oversee the implementation.

When will that happen?

I do not want to put a specific date on it, but I would say certainly before the end of the summer because it is a commitment. I have made the point on many occasions that it was a case of meeting all of the communities and people who had worked so hard in an area in which seven murders had taken place and people had been neglected, left behind and forgotten about. This is an instance where the Government is actually engaging with the community leadership to ask it what it wants.

They are now getting concerned.

There is a plan and it is being followed. I will visit the area with the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, in the next short period to see the progress being made on a range of matters. We reconfirm the appointment of an executive officer with an office and an oversight role to ensure the plan is being implemented in full.