Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Disability Inclusion and International Development Issues: Discussion

Mr. Charlie Lamson:

I thank the Deputies for their questions. I will respond to the first question and defer to my colleagues on some of the other questions. I will address the issue of ring-fencing the budget. As a committee, we have not discussed specific numbers or percentages of that. At this point, we are very much focused on the idea of hard-wiring disability inclusion into the framework for action when that comes about. Our focus is making sure that is woven throughout that policy. It is a great question to ask and we would certainly be collectively enthused about exploring that. That is where we stand at this point.

On Sightsavers work and how we engage at state level, our focus as an organisation is on bringing about real sustainable development. It is not about providing temporary solutions. I might defer to Ms Diouf, given her experience in the region to talk about the work we are doing in that respect.

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