We have come a long way – much further than I expected – in relation to the Convention on the Future of Europe. The Minister of State mentioned this progress in his opening remarks. I expressed serious reservations about the ability of the Convention to produce a report before the Thessaloniki Council. I thought it would not be possible and that the process would drag on into the autumn. It was possible that the Dublin Intergovernmental Conference might have to begin to discuss the issue, rather than finalising the debate on the matter and producing a treaty of Dublin.