Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Before Deputy Coonan comes in, there is a view emanating from here for the last few weeks that the commission should be established. It mirrors what he is saying - get it up and running, give it a realistic timeframe, terms of reference, resources and so on and then over time develop how it feels its way around the actual issues.

On that electoral register, what does Deputy Coonan think is the biggest challenge about changing, first, the way the register is done? If that responsibility is being brought from 31 local authorities into one commission, what is the biggest challenge around that, trying to maintain some of the skill sets already in the authorities?