Lisa Chambers (Fianna Fail)
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I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It has been quite sobering to listen to the facts they have presented. I thank them also for the work they do in advocating for the most vulnerable across the world. The work they do is really important and it is important we hear the reality on the ground as to what they are dealing with on the front line. The witnesses all made very interesting points and they came from different angles. My first question is for Ms McKenna who spoke about the EU having weak relationships with certain national authorities which in her view has a direct correlation to a reduction in funding across certain programmes. Will Ms McKenna elaborate a bit on that as to where she sees those weak relationships and how that has impacted the decision to reduce funding to certain programmes?