Mr. Jim Clarken:

I thank Deputy Brennan for the work he has done. It has had a huge impact on the lives of many children which would not have happened without him, no doubt. Beyond Gaza, organisations like Oxfam work in conflict zones all over the world. We work in 30 different conflict zones today that many people are not even aware of. It is not that we or anyone in our sector are forgetting those other places. It is the biggest story in the world and the reason is we know it is deliberate and entirely preventable. All crises like this are preventable but we know how it could change immediately in this case. There is huge investment by Ireland and agencies like us in working on the ground. The Deputy asked about money going to governments which I think Ms McKenna answered. There are robust mechanisms in place, which I think everyone on the committee knows, for the supervision of the funding agencies like ours gets. We are accountable to the Government, Irish Aid and the Department of foreign affairs. There is robust reporting and oversight. I hope there is plenty of confidence in that. I will hand over to Ms Balfe.