Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge that Mr. Rogers has acknowledged that mistakes have been made. We go forward, having learned the lessons from those mistakes. What facilitated this misappropriation of moneys at the highest level? It is ironic that northern Uganda is the place that is in greatest need of aid, and yet that is the area from which they chose to misappropriate the money. Mr. Rogers mentioned in his report about building national accountable systems by empowering national governments. How does one empower national parliaments? It does not appear that the African parliaments have the role of holding the government to account, as is the case in Ireland. Is there a need for more training and capacity building in that area? What was the reaction in Uganda to the uncovering of the misappropriation of funds?