More than 1,000 amendments were tabled to the first 16 articles. The task for the Convention over the coming months will no doubt be difficult if it is to conclude its work according to the agreed timetable and present its conclusions to the European Council in June. I hope, nonetheless, that this will be possible, that substantial consensus will be reached and that the task of the intergovernmental conference will be made easier. We will have some interest in the date of the Intergovernmental Conference. It is beginning to look increasingly likely that the Intergovernmental Conference will not begin until the middle or end of October. That said, it is unlikely it will conclude its work before Christmas 2003. If that is the case, the Intergovernmental Conference will be concluded during Ireland's Presidency. The prospect of a treaty of Bray, a treaty of Templemore or even a treaty of Dublin looms.