It is correct to state that as long as people are not able to vote to elect Members of this House, they will not have the same interest in its affairs as they do in those of the Dáil. The Cultural and Educational Panel, the Agricultural Panel, the Industrial and Commercial Panel, the Administrative Panel and the Labour Panel are all representative of Irish life. Should one wish to do so, one could extend the voting franchise to every member of the population in some form or another under one of those categories. Even if one did not wish to do so and wanted to preserve the vocational nature of the electoral process by restricting it to the registered members of the nominating bodies, a huge number of people would be entitled to vote. In terms of the Labour Panel, 750,000 people would be enfranchised if the approach I have outlined was adopted. There is no difficulty in extending the franchise. It would give new life to the House and I request that it should be done.