I was a French teacher. More recently I was landed with the job of Fine Gael spokesman on justice, equality and law reform. At the time, more justice legislation went through the House than ever before. I had to compete with a Minister who had an array of civil servants behind him. It is a well-nigh impossible task. The fact that people do it and do it reasonably well, in terms of putting the Minister under a certain amount of pressure, is a tribute to the degree of diligence that the Members apply in terms of trying to get their heads around complex legislation.