I call an tAire; I am sorry, the Leader.

Has the promotion come through? Congratulations.

I have not yet been promoted. We will all have to be re-elected. Whether any of us will come back-----

That will be done in the motion to be debated this evening.

As the Senator is speaking about that motion, I meant to amend the Order of Business with reference to No. 81, non-Government motion No. 10. There will be statements, to be taken at the conclusion of No. 3, on the review of local government arrangements. The time allocated shall not exceed 90 minutes and, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the contribution of every Senator shall not exceed three minutes and that of the Minister shall not exceed ten minutes. We will not deal with the motion but rather hear statements on its contents. With each Senator having three minutes, I hope we will have about 25 speakers.

The e-mail from the Whip stated we would deal with the motion.

I am not the Leader.

I am confining contributions to three minutes to allow everybody an opportunity to speak.

I seek clarification. There will be statements rather than a debate on the motion.

Yes.

On a point of information, I have before me a copy of an e-mail the Fine Gael Whip sent to councillors. It states-----

Excuse me; I have no control over anyone who sends e-mails to councillors-----

The Leader circulates the Order of Business.

I am only responsible for my own business, not anybody else's.

Many people are very anxious.

People are always anxious to send e-mails about everything and anything.

Perhaps Senator Gerard P. Craughwell might enlighten us.

The Leader to continue, without interruption.