I have a difficulty with the fact that the Minister can dictate, as he did yesterday, to Radio Kerry regarding his intentions for the dual mandate and wider local government reform. It was remiss him not to have informed the House, in the first instance, and, in particular, those Senators who hold seats on local authorities. Their views may differ from the Minister's proposals to abolish the dual mandate. Many reasonable people consider that local government reform goes much further than the abolition of the dual mandate. I would conditionally support such an abolition if it was accompanied by real reform of local government.