Ms Ita Mangan:

Inevitably, the result of the reorganisation will be that the individual local boards will be dissolved. However, we will retain local advisory committees and all those currently involved in the boards can be on those committees if they so wish.

I think I have already addressed Senator Higgins's point regarding volunteers. Volunteers in Citizens Information Service centres will not be affected by the reorganisation. They will continue to provide their services in Bray, Cork or wherever they are based. Their community ethos will not be affected because they will still be working with the same people in the same place providing services to the same people. The only difference will be that their current board will no longer exist but there will be a local advisory committee in which they may wish to take part.

I am becoming confused. Another point was made, possibly on community ethos-----