The European Convention on Human Rights has been extraordinarily important to all of us as overarching legislation to which we can appeal despite our fine Constitution. We have been involved with the convention since its inception. The cases which have been particularly important are those the Minister discussed involving sexual and family affairs, but it is important to remember that it was our Constitution which permitted the legalisation of contraception through the McGee case. We were not totally coming from behind the wall in terms of these cases. The Airey case was one of the most important of its kind for Irish women because it introduced free legal aid in civil cases. The latter had constituted an area of great difficulty previously.