The Linacre Centre in the UK has made a detailed case against human embryo research to the House of Lords. I have the points it has made to hand, based on recognition of the embryo as a human ethical subject. I will not go into all of that because it is very detailed. The Catholic Church is absolutely opposed to embryonic research. Like Senator Hanafin I would tell the Tánaiste that to quote the Catholic University of Louvain on this issue is like a smokescreen, making it seem as if it is the Catholic Church that is stating what she has said. Even if we did accept what the Catholic University of Louvain has said, the Tánaiste attributed to it the following: