Somewhere in our genes, we Irish understand famine. We certainly understand oppression and domination and this is reflected in our songs and poetry. When we go to places that now have the kind of difficulties that once were ours, we understand them better than most. As Senator Ryan said, our soldiers have a great ability to iron out things. The arrangements that are made behind the scenes are similar to paragraphs four and five of the Downing Street Declaration, where paragraph four was compiled by extremists on one side while paragraph five was compiled by extremists on the other. Irish troops have exceptionally good skills and can bring together different groups in the search for peace.