Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

I am asking that the Government would do everything in its power to ensure that a guarantee would be given on the issue of costs because that is the problem concerning Mr. McBrearty's participation.

Finally, I note that as I speak, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, is issuing new guidelines on rural housing. We will have to wait to see the guidelines before knowing whether they have any teeth or are just another smokescreen, like that proposed by his predecessor, Deputy Cullen, in September 2003. I ask for time to be provided next week for a full debate so that the Minister may outline and explain what the effect of these changes will be on the rural community in order that people from a particular area may live there and ensure their families grow up in that area.