Professor David Farrell:

I might take a few seconds to give a response. There is some very interesting detail in Deputy Stanley's questions. They all come to the same point, to a large degree. They are all about trying to look at details. One of the reasons that Deputy Cowen is able to talk about how this Government has failed to meet the need to introduce an electoral commission, just as the previous Government failed to do, is that there is a great deal of focus on detail. It is a question of putting the cart before the horse. As we say in our paper, the establishment of an electoral commission is needed as a matter of urgency. When it is established, it should be given a remit which would include things like the sorts of questions about which the Deputy is talking. However, if we keep on talking about the details of electoral registers and PPS numbers, this is never going to happen.