We will try to accommodate the Deputy later, or at another time. I call Deputy John Lahart. Does his question concern the Order of Business or the programme for Government?

It comes under the programme for Government. Although delaying a plebiscite for the people of Dublin on whether they should choose to directly elect a mayor, and in doing so reversing previous commitments given by the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach has agreed and committed to constituting a special citizens' assembly of Dubliners. We welcome this measure if only for the reason that such a citizens' assembly would probably end up being even more radical than those on this side of the House who are proponents of a directly elected mayor. Will the Taoiseach confirm - this is important - that the 100 members of the proposed citizens' assembly would be drawn exclusively from the electoral registers of the four Dublin local authorities?

Proposed legislation.

It is proposed to bring a memo to Cabinet to establish this citizens' assembly before the end of the year and to allow it to do its work in 2019. I can confirm that the citizens will all be from Dublin city and county and not from the surrounding counties. It is not intended that the directly elected Dublin mayor will have jurisdiction over parts of Meath, Kildare or Wicklow. I am happy to reassure people of that.

It may be the case, however, that all the 100 people may not be just citizens. There may be a case made for including on the assembly a certain number of councillors or Oireachtas Members from Dublin. This would follow the model of the Constitutional Convention rather than the Citizens' Assembly.