Ms Anne O'Mahony:

Peace is the only solution. It is a question of getting people back around the table to try to hammer out some solution to enable refugees to go back. During the years we have seen many refugees in different circumstances. Home is the place to be and they will go back home if there is peace and if it the country is in any way calm. It is undignified to be a refugee.

To return to the issue raised by Deputy Olivia Mitchell of the target of 0.7% of GNP, we have seen an economic downturn in recent years. We have seen an erosion of the aid budget not only in terms of the actual monetary amount allocated, but also in terms of the percentage. We are looking at all of the fantastic forecasts at this stage-----