Senator Hayes stated that he is glad we are in the European Union because he can watch Ireland's matches on television while Senator Ormonde referred to people who inquire about the reasons Europe appears to be telling us what to do. Let me clarify matters with regard to when the European Union make a law and who is responsible for making such law. The Commission is the drafting office and is responsible for initiating legislation. It usually does so when it is asked by the Council and it is not the case that those employed by the Commission sit about every day trying to decide what law they should draft. The Commission can only make laws where a treaty gives it competence to do so. Who provides that competence via the treaties? The states who ratify them. We own the treaties and, in that sense, we own what we gave the Commission.