Mr. Sorley McCaughey:

Irish Aid is, and always has been, very supportive of this agenda. The politics of the situation are that the Department of Finance calls the shots on this issue. The committee should use its not inconsiderable weight to advocate for a follow-up spillover analysis, Dr. Killian, Ms Higgins and I have called for. We need a broader spillover analysis that has a methodology that goes beyond the rather limited scope of the original analysis. The committee should ask the Department of Finance to come before it and speak to the findings of this report in a constructive manner. That would be a useful part of a process that will, ultimately, lead to a follow-up spillover analysis, hopefully.