John Ellis (Fianna Fail)

We have had much talk on road safety. We need to ensure many of the bangers brought into the country from eastern Europe and which are being driven by eastern Europeans who, in many cases, have neither tax nor insurance, are taken off the road by the Garda. The Garda must up the ante on the vehicles many of these people drive. In some areas it is being done and I hope it becomes nationwide. It is one way of dealing with the situation. In last weekend's road accidents the non-national involvement was very high and in all cases they were in the wrong. We also have a problem with road manners and we see it every day. People are not living within the rules of the road on many occasions.

What progress has been made on my request during the last session for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come into the House to discuss the last boundary commission report which savaged a number of counties? I note there is no legislation on the boundary commission report planned for this term. If it is not dealt with before there is legislation we will see every county cut in pieces and what have been seen as natural boundaries for years will be done away with. A judgment was given by the High Court in June last year which left tolerance levels very low. When the Constitution was drafted it was aimed at ensuring every area would have proper representation. We need this debate. The Leader might also tell us whether the Minister proposes to bring in the new electoral commission to deal with all electoral matters. If he does not propose to do so urgently we might propose it in this House, even if it means bringing in a Private Members' Bill.