Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for missing the initial part of the witnesses' contributions. I found Dr. Keogh's insight into the issues faced by people with disabilities to be very worthwhile. Many colleagues have asked a range of questions, but I am keen to tease out the issue of the developmental side of international aid, in respect of working to empower people, developing their agency and dignity and basically getting people around the table where that is required. I am just wondering, as global aid evolves and changes to meet the needs of communities around the world as the world changes, whether lessons can be learned from other countries. There are the issues of aid, and that will always be the case and that will be specific to the needs of people right across the board, no matter what their needs happen to be. How are we doing where this issue of ensuring that people are empowered and that their agency is empowered and developed is concerned, and what more can be done from a practical, best practice-sharing point of view to ensure that Ireland is leading the way in ensuring that that is the case, if we are not already? The witnesses might tell us that we are doing that already.