Mr. Cathal Ryan:

Yes, Senator. We had an open invitation to do just that. Following the release of guidelines we communicated that offer to the Houses of the Oireachtas. We have done it in terms of recently meeting councillors at an annual conference by the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, in Longford. I am sure the members are familiar with the association. We have carried out conferences and workshops of this nature. We are very much open to continuing that work and spreading the message that people should adopt a common sense approach to public representation.