Senator Higgins is correct to point out that the stance of the Fine Gael Party is courageous. It is courageous in the "Yes Minister" meaning of the term. That party has ambitions to form an alternative Government, presumably with the Labour Party. The Labour Party Members can speak for themselves but I do not believe any Government will be formed on the basis of unilateral repudiation of clear Government commitments. One can argue that the Government should never have entered into such commitments but it is a more serious matter to urge the Government to repudiate them. I do not believe Fine Gael would do that. As I pointed out to the Fine Gael Leader on the "Questions and Answers" television programme, the then leader, Deputy John Bruton's, attitude to social partnership led him to oppose the 1994 agreement but that opposition melted like snow under sun the moment he got into Government. No responsible Government can repudiate commitments. All this is shadow boxing and a way for the Senator to get back at his party's rivals, represented at this debate by the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon. However, I will leave politics aside.