Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

We are about to open embassies in Slovenia and Estonia. I will come back with the details.

Senators have been concerned about the quality of EU legislation and its impact on the public. Senator Ormonde mentioned the role the media have to play. I do not want to knock the media, but extraordinary work has been done in the Oireachtas, particularly by the Oireachtas joint committee, dealing with some of the complex issues that have come from Europe and it has not received the time it merits, particularly in the electronic media. The media played a very positive role in the referendum, with the team on "Morning Ireland" making a contribution by defining the key issues in a non-judgmental way. That was absolutely marvellous public service broadcasting. Without being partisan, the programme teased out issues.