It is important that we point this out because we are often asked what benefits membership of the European Union brings ordinary workers? The principal benefit is that they are afforded rights that Ireland would not otherwise be able to afford. If Ireland was seeking to act on its own, we would not be able to impose unilateral additional costs on employers because it would involve a significant competitive disadvantage on their part. We are only able to establish such rights on a European-wide basis. It is important that we inform ordinary workers that benefits to individual employees are the flipside of the Single Market.