The Minister has suggested in the media that in future, local councillors should be full-time. Can he be serious about this, in a small country like Ireland? Apart from the fact that we would lose many prospective participants in local government, the whole idea of local government is that it should be representative of the community. To suggest at the same time as saying we should have fewer TDs that we should have 1,000 councillors on full-time salaries is ridiculous. The public would not accept that.