I would not like the Deputy to think that the Irish Government have not made proposals. We have been making proposals all along the line. Progress to date has been largely as a result of our flexibility and because we have put forward formulae and compromises to get over hurdles that had existed from the beginning. We have had a very good record of success in that regard. Things that at the outset appeared to be insurmountable obstacles have now disappeared. There are a number of different possibilities for progress at the moment. I mentioned them yesterday. One is the suggestion with regard to the role of the Secretary of State, the other is John Hume's proposal that each party would come to the talks on the basis of their stated positions. That is another sensible proposal. Since everybody agrees that it is essential that there has to be three sets of talks and that there can be no prospect of success unless it is tri-dimensional, the difficulty, which is not insurmountable, is how the three sets of talks can be co-ordinated, both as to format and timescale. I am reasonably satisfied that with goodwill — and certainly there is goodwill on our side and there has been goodwill all along — we can fairly soon come to a conclusion. I do not want to be over-optimistic or to mislead the House on that score, but I believe there is a distinct possibility of success.