Irish peacekeepers are among the most acceptable from the communities of troop contributing nations for several reasons which include their high standard of experience and the fact that our troops are recognised as being impartial because Ireland, as a neutral country, was never a colonial power. The Defence Forces brings over 40 years of experience to peacekeeping. This gives the Irish soldier an almost unique understanding of the requirements for peace support operations. Irish soldiers have a talent to earn the trust and confidence of conflicting parties and the local population and have demonstrated their ability to defuse potentially explosive situations by tact, dialogue and humour. Senator Henry referred to voodoo. That reminds me of a situation in Lebanon where we encountered similar activities but by deploying the Irish pipe band, we introduced our own version of voodoo, which defused a potentially explosive situation. It is amazing what a piper can do.