Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of a Dáil debate, we are still waiting for the Business Committee to allocate time to resume the debate on our report, which started some months ago. Perhaps, with the agreement of members, we could ask that it be built into the year's parliamentary activities and that the Minister reports twice a year to the Dáil on overseas development assistance and the aid programmes. Perhaps it is a recommendation that we, as a committee, could make to the Government Whip's office or to the Business Committee.