It is very appropriate that the Minister of State is here because I was present, with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, at a public function in Ballinasloe during an employment crisis in Ballinasloe. She gave a guarantee that there would be no downgrading of Portiuncula Hospital and said that those who were making such a proposal were wrong and should desist. Her statement was supported by the Minister of State and the local Government Deputy. They gave undertakings, but nobody will believe the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister of State or the Deputy in the current climate, especially since they have now deferred the publication of the final part of the Hanly report until after the local elections.