The strategy set out by Fine Gael is wrong, it is in a sense stating we should cast off neutrality. Notwithstanding my sympathy for some of Senator O'Toole's views when he posed the question as to what is neutrality and how we should define it, what is proposed in the motion, if one will excuse the pun, in a sense gives hostages to fortune. That is not what we should be doing in such a sensitive area. The proposal is seriously misguided and would prove extremely costly to the State at this time. The terms of the Government's amendment set down clearly Ireland's position on neutrality in the European Union, ambiguous as that might seem to be. It acknowledges the clear wishes of the people, as well as their clear understanding of the Government's position on the issue.