Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

I do not mind. People have been on to me from Dingle and An Daingean about using either name.

The other issue I want to raise is the policy on the production of bilingual booklets and reports. This is a serious issue because it uses up much of our resources. I already mentioned that I support the Act and do not have a problem with it in principle. However, the printing of so much material, of any sort, is a problem. I am inundated in my office with publications from all sorts of bodies every day and they go straight into my bin. I did not ask for them, but they come in my door. I do not have a problem with them being bilingual, but they are twice as thick as those in one language only, thereby creating more waste. If the requirement to issue statements bilingually is being extended to 256 bodies, we should consider putting the statement on the web. That would be sufficient in most cases. We should move away from printing——

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