Mr. Liam Berney:

I will make two or three very quick comments. PDFORRA and RACO are worker representative organisations and they should not be precluded from doing their jobs effectively by primary legislation. As a general principle, that is important. One of the things that has been spoken about is the sequence of events that might arise from here and the possibility that RACO's associate membership of the ICTU may lapse by virtue of the agreement reached in the High Court. That cannot be allowed to happen. It has been a positive experience for everyone, including our organisation, that RACO and PDFORRA have become associate members of congress.

On a wider note, in view of the remarks Mr. Guinan and Mr. King have made, we need to review the affiliation fees they pay us as clearly we are providing an excellent service.