Vice Chairman:

I thank Mr. Crowley, Ms McKenna and Mr. Healy. It is sobering to hear in the presentations of the deterioration since June, when Ms McKenna was here last. To hear terms such as "alarming", "catastrophic" and "worst ... in living memory" points to the scale of the task at hand and to the terrible destruction visited on the countries in the horn, namely Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. We have heard the witnesses' asks on the part of those they represent. We acknowledge them.

I ask members for their contributions and questions. Senator Joe O'Reilly is due to chair a debate in the Seanad, so he will be taken first.