Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman and Deputy Brady for facilitating me. I do not have a question on the presentations as such, which were very clear, but I want to acknowledge and express my appreciation and admiration for the work our guests do, both collectively and individually.

It is a valid point to make that while there is an absence of opportunity generally, it is a particular problem for young women. It would seem that Covid has represented a big setback and I ask our guests to comment on how that might be overcome. Reference was made to vaccine equity which is an important staging point. It is classically the case that all of the marginalised areas suffer the most.

I was very interested in the school described by Father Bird and the great success there. Perhaps he could tell us a bit more about that. What was interesting about Mr. Onisimus's presentation on Nigeria were the security issues it highlighted.

It is a horrendous situation with the security issue. I do not know how that can be addressed.

The question we all want to ask is in what way can we do something that we are not now doing? What should we, as a committee, recommend doing?