Ms Nicola Brennan:

Yes. Those committee members who have met our head of mission will know that she is well capable of working 24 hours a day. In response to Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan's question on funding, to date we have provided direct funding of more than €1.3 million for a number of organisations working on the issues of social mobilisation, education, providing nutritional supplies and bringing in practical supplies from our stocks. That is our initial response. As an organisation, we are very flexible in terms of the funding we have allocated to a number of our partners which are working in the countries affected. We are open to requests from them for a reallocation of funds because a number of development activities, including some in our own bilateral aid programme, are not going to happen in Sierra Leone and Liberia as a result of the crisis. The funding for these activities which has been approved can be reallocated quickly. That is our first line and an important response. In addition, the Minister is actively considering further funding contributions to keep treatment facilities in priority areas operational and enable them to address current and future case loads. Funding is also being considered for a contact tracing service, a key prevention mechanism. One of the key issues in the longer term will be the secondary impact of the pandemic in terms of its impact on health and education systems and food security. These are all key priorities of our aid programme. We will continue to work with the governments of both countries in allocating resources to address them.