Decisions taken by civil servants, Ministers and the Cabinet almost always get translated fairly rapidly and almost without amendment into legislation as passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas. Therefore, our Legislature is a good deal weaker than in most other European countries. Nonetheless, it is still a good deal stronger than the way in which we deal with European legislation. When we deal with European legislation, the matter is decided by the Council of Ministers. It is then effectively handed down to the individual parliaments who have no alternative but to translate it into national legislation without amendment, a process which is unsatisfactory.