What difference does this make? Up to seven times in the past year we have seen hundreds of thousands of public sector workers on the streets of Paris, Brussels and other European cities while Ireland has managed to achieve the best record for industrial relations peace of any country in Europe. Senator Mansergh referred to last year but it was not just that year. Last year was our best year but Ireland has been the best in Europe in this regard, with the exception of one year, for the past ten years. It has been a question of modernisation. The unions had to sit down with the Department of Finance and that Department brought to the side meetings personnel from the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Children, Environment, Heritage and Local Government and so forth. All of them were involved and all made their demands. The demands were hammered out during weeks of negotiations.