Mr. Jerry Mac Evilly:

I thank the members for the invitation. It was great to meet the committee before Christmas, before the agreement was reached, and to go through some of the main issues. Today we will go through what is in the agreement and some of its implications for Ireland. We will also give a little background as well. With the committee's permission, we will go through the slides, which we will divide between the three of us, very quickly so that we can get on to the question and answer session. Professor Sweeney will kick off the presentation.