Mr. John Finucane:

I am sorry. I was not too sure whether Mr. McCann was going to respond to the question now. I will be very brief. Like everybody else, I thank the witnesses not just for the content of their presentation today but also for the tone and tenor of it. It is important that the debate is filled with that. I wish to touch on the point Mr. McCann made about the fact that only the British Government has the control and the ability to call a poll. That shows that there is a need for the Irish Government to plan and attached to that need is a sense of urgency. Could Mr. McCann expand a little bit more about the context of the fact that the Irish Government has no ability to call such a poll and that it will effectively be reacting to the British announcement? How does he see the Irish Government responding to that in advance and upping the preparations in advance of what people accept will be an inevitability in terms of the poll being held?