The important issue of neutrality has been touched on in many of the contributions to this debate. The situation is very clear. Neither Nice nor any other EU treaty has any implication for Irish neutrality. We are neutral and we will remain neutral. It is our choice and our sovereign right to do so. We have no mutual defence commitments. We have no intention of involving ourselves in a European army – there is no European army and there are no plans for a European army. Senator Ryan said yesterday that this was the issue, above all, that impacted on his decision on this occasion and, of course, he is right. On this occasion, by voting "Yes" the people will have the opportunity, for the first time in our history, to write into our Constitution that the only force on God's earth that can take us into a common defence is the sovereign people of Ireland. Our Constitution has been strangely silent on this issue, given the significance of neutrality to the Irish people but, after a "Yes" vote on this occasion, we will have specifically included the protection of that neutrality in the Constitution. It is incredible that anybody who cares about neutrality would urge a "No" vote. It is crystal clear that if we vote "Yes" on this occasion, the Irish people will not become involved in any EU common defence without a further referendum.