The Bill will statutorily control the issue of permits and strengthen the position in relation to employers who take on employees without proper documentation and permits. That is very welcome. No Member of this House would object to the main thrust of the Bill. On Committee Stage, the Minister should look again at the commitments given in relation to the Nice treaty. The people voted for it but they did not vote for it on the basis that there would be free access to the Irish market on 1 January 2004. They voted for it on the basis that we would expand and develop our markets in the applicant countries. There is a downside and a plus side. The plus side is the opportunity to expand markets. We let down the applicant countries by voting down the first referendum and did ourselves no favours in terms of marketing our goods in the applicant countries. We have rectified the situation. Our exports will have access to markets in the applicant countries while their exports will have access to the European Union. Ireland will be in a crucial position when it assumes the Presidency of the Union on 1 January 2004. As it will be the first country to welcome the Prime Ministers and Ministers of the applicant countries, it is win, win, for Ireland.