John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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When we cast out the net for ideas on themes from members of the committee, a significant number of them came under the auspices of the Minister of State's mandate and Vote. I echo my colleague Senator O'Loughlin. I ask him to pass on through his officials the committee's very best wishes to, number one, those officials who may be at the cutting edge and whose lives may be in danger in particular places. We commend them highly on the work they do on our behalf. The committee also thanks the missions, our ambassadors, the consular establishments and the contractors abroad. There are a huge number of contracted workers in the overseas development sector who have chosen to be there, including engineers and doctors who could be in private practice in different parts of the world but have made the vocational choice to serve their country and to serve the poor in a specific way. The Minister of State has five minutes to wrap up. I thank him for being so forthcoming and playing his part in what has been an interesting session.