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

Having participated in the first meeting of the priority committee process for the review conference for a nuclear non-proliferation treaty, what does the Tánaiste hope to achieve as he goes to participate in a second one? Where does the Tánaiste see that there can be a role in emerging emergency situations such as that in Burma with the Rohingya people because we have a good name in this area of human rights? The budget is coming up in October and we are under the 0.5% of GDP for foreign aid. I hope that is not going to go down any further. We are conscious, through AWEPA and working with African parliaments, of parliamentary oversight and discussing of same, and we are involved in two African countries. It strikes me that this type of oversight for us here, in respect of finance, is rather rushed. Do we need more time for that? As the director of Irish Aid is here, I thank him and the personnel from Irish Aid for their contribution to, assistance at and support for the AWEPA conference last week. Vincent O'Neill and Nuala O'Brien spoke there. I appreciate that.