Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

——as these will place extra financial burdens on the commission, the funding allocation provided for in the Bill will cater for them too. I can confirm to the Senator that there will be a general election in 2007. It is not the intention of the Government to amend the Electoral Act to extend the duration of the current Dáil by another two years, something that is permissible under the Constitution.