Mr. Art O'Leary:

I thank Senator Boyhan for his kind words about our report. It is the work of our extraordinarily talented head of communications, Brian Dawson, who is in the gallery. Senator Boyhan mentioned local media, local newspapers and local radio. They will be very important platforms for us in what will be the forthcoming referendum information campaign and for electoral events in future that are for a particular area. I am thinking perhaps about the directly elected mayor of Limerick next year. Obviously the best way to speak to the people of Limerick will be through the media that the people of Limerick use. As well as national media this is something where local newspapers and local radio will be very good for us. Senator Boyhan can be reassured that local media will play a very important part for us. I heard what he said about advertising and our draft research programme. There has been a very good response from the initial round. The deadline is not until 12 January. We will find a way to encourage people to make further submissions. Many people have 12 January in their mind as the deadline. It is the target as opposed to something they should do now. Trying to get people to focus in the Christmas and new year period is hard because all they seem to be thinking about is the Smyths Toys catalogue. We will find a way to reach out to people who would like to make a contribution.