Ms Morína O'Neill:

I thank Deputy Byrne for his comments. To answer his first comment about Irish Aid and the IFC, we have met Irish Aid and I had an interesting meeting about the International Finance Corporation and they are very aware of this particular case. There is no direct Irish investment in this corporation but our point is that if we are investing in the IFC generally, we cannot ignore the wider policies and practices. Irish Aid may even be supportive of the fact that we have not yet raised our voice as a country. Ireland has not yet articulated clearly our concerns about this specific case.