If we accept that the dual mandate has to go, the principle must be applied to all Oireachtas Members. There can be no ambiguity or indecision in our implementation of the principle. I cannot accept what the Senator has said. I have had the experience of serving in this House, on a local authority, in the Dáil, on committees and now as a Member of Cabinet. It is many years since I was on a local council but I have had no difficulty in carrying out my role in regard to what is expected of me by the public in the constituency from which I am elected.