Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Sustainable Development Goals and Disability Issues: Discussion

10:00 am

Mr. Lars Bosselmann:

I will answer. It mainly causes misunderstandings but not trouble or difficulties, which are different. We must always explain that, while these are our roots, value base and history as an organisation, that does not mean that we are doing missionary work. Instead, we are working with people. This means among our own staff as well as with partners and the projects that we support. We do not ask people to be Christians or have a Christian faith base. We are working with everyone. That question arises, as the Deputy has rightly guessed.

We have to explain that, but it is not something that causes trouble or difficulty in the ongoing work.