Don Lydon (Fianna Fail)

Like everybody else, I welcome the ambassador. As he said, we might have had disputes in the past at home but when people get out on the world stage they are one of our own. It is great we have people like the ambassador and Mr. Peter Sutherland, who is chairman of the Trilateral Commission, who will never forget where they come from.

I was interested in the ambassador's comment on Turkey. He said Europe should not be afraid or neurotic about allowing Turkey to apply for membership of the EU.