I join in thanking and congratulating those Irish people involved either as representatives of the Oireachtas, Government or whatever. The Minister of State, Deputy Roche, Deputy John Bruton, Mr. De Rossa and their alternates have done a remarkable job. However, we should recognise over and above that the job done by the Minister of State, Deputy Roche. He was described by Deputy John Bruton in one of the European journals as the shopsteward of the smaller countries, which is an important role to have played. It has made it a better draft agreement than it otherwise might have been. It is important to recognise him not for having necessarily defended Irish special interests but for having improved the draft for all the countries of Europe, particularly for smaller countries. It would have unnecessarily limited the generosity of spirit with which they approached this task if they were activated only by our own self-interest.