The Minister said it was a break between local government and the Dáil. As I said on Second Stage, it is not because county councillors are allowed to run for election to the Dáil and Seanad. Apart from anything else, this must give rise to a constitutional problem. In newspaper reports Fianna Fáil indicated that one of the reasons for the change was that it could have new candidates to run for election to the Dáil implying that it saw local government as a stepping stone to the Dáil. If that was not the case, I would possibly give more credence to what the Minister said.