I have raised the issue of decentralisation on numerous occasions and I regret I must raise it again today. Four years ago the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, announced that 10,000 jobs would be decentralised to areas which had not already benefited from decentralisation. We had a heated debate on it and the Taoiseach said an announcement about decentralisation would be made before Christmas. Senator Bradford said the smoking ban was announced to cover up the problems in the health service. I heard recently from a member of the Government that the Taoiseach mentioned decentralisation to cover up the problems with the smoking ban. I would like the Taoiseach to come into the House to clarify if an announcement will be made about decentralisation before Christmas.