Mr. Joe Noonan:

I disagree with that. The position we took in 1960 only to send our troops overseas under the blue helmet reflected a particular world view at the time. To change that now by removing it means that we are changing our world view, changing our relationship and doing it against the backdrop of a proposed scheme which envisages taking the EU lead. We are doing that against the backdrop of assurances officially given that the EU always obeys international law. That is a change to our world view from the times past. In that sense, when we are using this difficult word "neutrality" and when the question is posed as to whether that brings about a change to our neutrality, I would say that it does.