Yesterday I commended the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Roche, on the work he has carried out. It is important to note that, as consensus is what is to emerge from the report, Ireland has done well in achieving an alliance of smaller countries which see things in a unified way. There was a very useful meeting yesterday of the Joint Committee on European Affairs with the relevant French Minister on this issue. There seemed to be an identification of interests and argument in regard to how the convention should be dealt with. Last night the President of the European Parliament addressed the Institute of European Affairs on the matter.