Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

——who seemingly has played nearly as important as part in the Basque peace process as he did in the Northern peace process. I believe that those who tried but unfortunately were unable to demonstrate here would appreciate the number of lives that have been saved by his endeavours.

On a lighter European note, we are three months into the year of a very important commemoration. I am talking about the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart. I am a little disappointed that our concert organisers, opera companies and so on seem to show no signs of having any——