The Convention began its work in March 2002 and is scheduled to complete its tasks by June 2003. The Convention has 105 members, each of whom has an alternate. There are three members from Ireland, with three alternates. Along with me, our members are Deputy John Bruton and the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dick Roche. The three alternates are Deputy John Gormley, Deputy Pat Carey and Mr. Bobby McDonagh from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The 13 candidate countries have both government and parliamentary representatives.