Ms Anne O'Mahony:

Exactly - with great hope and anticipation. We hope the allocation will be tied to a percentage increase and not eroded further. It would be great if we received some support in defending moving in the direction of achieving the 0.7% target and getting back on track again. We are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis around the world. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan talked about the limitations on the budget and new money to deal with new crises not easily being available. The ebola crisis is rapidly getting out of control. I am going out to the region on Friday. We are looking at the situation in south Sudan and have big operations taking place in the Central African Republic. The Syrian crisis is just one more. There are floods in Pakistan and mudslides in Afghanistan. The world seems to be a very troubled place and we need to address one crisis at a time to get back on track.