Brussels, 10/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - Senator Maurice Hayes, Chairman of the National Forum on Europe, presented his report on 8 May, in which he sets out the main concerns of the Irish in this “period of reflection” on the Constitution and future of Europe. This sixth Forum report shows, according to a press release, that a key problem for the Irish people is the EU's capacity to tackle concrete problems. Hayes mainly mentions the services directive (“here people could see their concerns articulated by directly elected MEPs”), globalisation (most Irish consider the EU can provide “significant protection against the worst aspects of globalisation”), immigration (the arrival of migrants in Ireland is “not seen to be a problem”), and education (emphasis is placed on the need for “schools and colleges to devote more time to European Union issues”). Within the Forum some hoped for discussion on Ireland's traditional policy of neutrality, Mr Hayes said, explaining: “How to marry Ireland's long experience in United Nations peacekeeping with the regionalisation of peacekeeping processes outside the UN context was raised often”. On the subject of the Constitution, Senator Hayes said that, while it was acknowledged that the European Constitution remained “on hold” for the moment, “there was concern that the current structure of the Union under the present Treaties was insufficient to accommodate an enlarged Union and a Union with increasing responsibilities on the world stage”.