With the accession of the new members next year, other states will be in need of the same development help that we have been getting for the past 30 years. In the new scenario, this country will find itself in the giving rather than the taking role. It is vital that we develop a sense that being part of the European project is still a good thing for Ireland. It is easy to underestimate the difficulty of creating that attitude, particularly in a short time. In a sense, we have wasted the past 30 years because we have spent them simply taking the money and running with it. We have largely ignored the opportunity that membership offered us to deepen our ties with our European partners and to build up a European consciousness separate from the economic benefits.