Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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If the committee has not been somewhere before me, it will be there after me. It has done good work, for example, its fantastic initiative in going to Iran. This was reflected in the Foreign Minister's complimentary remarks when he spoke with me. The committee has done tremendous work all over Africa. Mention was made of Nigeria and the work done by the ambassador there. That has added to the Irish Aid side of the equation and the transition from aid to trade, which forms a major part of our new policy. We are a global leader in this regard. We are teasing out and establishing principles under which aid can transition to trade. We are putting these into practice. Progress is moving strongly. Nigeria is one of the countries with which we are engaged in this regard.

I thank Deputies for their questions. There may have been others.