I wish to extend the hand of friendship to the Arts Council. I will not personalise this issue. There is no reason for me to do so. There may be reasons for the misunderstandings that exist. My hope is that in 30 years' time – some of us will not be here to participate – if the legislation is being debated, I hope that the young Irish people involved in the traditional arts at that time will not, to borrow a phrase, "look back in anger". I hope that those young people will not be disappointed and say that, against all the odds, we embraced our own and were part of those arts and all we want is official Ireland to acknowledge and recognise this.