Have the Senators thought about the practical workability of this proposal? Some Members of the Oireachtas would be permitted to be on local councils while their colleagues in the other House would not. Both Houses are together vested by the Constitution with the sole and exclusive power of making laws for the State. Have the Senators looked beyond these Houses and the council chambers and considered what the public will make of this? I do not propose to accept this amendment. It would be unworkable within the political system, incomprehensible to the public and divisive for the Oireachtas.