I speak with some feeling on this because I am in the unique position of being the only Member of the Oireachtas who has used all these mechanisms. I know we had to exhaust domestic remedies and then go to Europe but in the earliest cases heard in court in Dublin my legal team argued the question of the European Convention on Human Rights and its application here, suggesting it should at least be taken into account. During that case a decision was handed down in an identical case in Strasbourg. However, judges in this country found against me. Something, therefore, that had been identified as a breach of human rights under a major international instrument was found compatible with our Constitution. In addition, I, as a citizen, was debarred from introducing arguments under the European Convention on Human Rights because it was not incorporated into Irish law.