Shay Brennan (Dublin Rathdown, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his time and in particular for his clear enthusiasm. It is very welcome. We are a small country. We have limited resources but we attach a significant importance to helping those less fortunate. It sends a strong message to larger countries with deeper pockets that they too have moral obligations to humanity. Finally, I applaud the Minister of State's focused deployment of aid, for example, towards the pre-eclampsia situation in Mozambique. He can point to that saving 5,000 lives in a year. That is focused aid that we can see direct outcomes from. I acknowledge his hectic schedule and I applaud his willingness to travel to see and understand first-hand how Irish aid is being applied.