In that context however, the gulf between the parties represented by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, were the existing arrangements to be attempted again, is wider than ever before. The width of that gulf is a cause of concern. Senator Kett said the situation had become more complex. While I understand his point in a sense perhaps it is not more complex, merely more simple but more difficult. We now know what are the problems, we can see the two protagonists who hold the numerical majority in the political communities in Northern Ireland and we know their demands The republican movement now faces a different Unionist line-out, which is probably less able to accept some of the delicate language and events deemed to constitute acts of completion last spring. Had those words and events been delivered on generously they would have accomplished that purpose. The situation has changed but not necessarily for the worse. We must take some time to let the new realities bed down and to allow those who have achieved different and stronger mandates in the recent election to face the responsibility of those mandates. While people may talk about their mandate, it is a mandate to reinstate institutions in Northern Ireland, not simply to stand by a position. Senators Kett and Walsh made the point that we must face up to the reality that 70% of the people of Northern Ireland voted for pro-Agreement parties. No matter what construction is put on the outcome of this election, when people were given the opportunity 70% of them lined out for parties whose fundamental predisposition is to make the Good Friday Agreement work.