All of the 883 members of the General Council of County Councils should in future be consulted in relation to any legislation concerning local government. I firmly believe in that. The GCCC has made important inputs to the construction of the main Local Government Act, part of which we are discussing today. It also prepared a thorough review, in writing and verbally, of the SPC system, which is being furnished to the Minister. The general council was the only local government association to make an input into the national spatial strategy. As a Cavan man I thank the Minister for including my native county and the other town in my constituency, Monaghan, in the national spatial strategy. I am proud to say that.