The Eurobarometer shows that confidence in European institutions has increased dramatically in Ireland in the past year. Ireland's confidence rating for the European Parliament is now at 61%, the highest in the EU. In the Commission the rating has risen to 57%, having previously dropped to 48%. Even the Council of Ministers, with all its imperfections, now has a confidence rating by Ireland of over 50%. This whole process of referenda and debate has been very positive in Ireland because it has a better understanding of the EU. We are to the fore in this regard, a factor which we do not recognise.