Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Quinn's point is timely. Perhaps the Dóchas figures are correct on its own projections but my officials and I are engaged in putting down, with the Taoiseach and the Department of Finance, a step-by-step time frame within which we can achieve the figures. This I presume is what Deputy Gormley and the NGOs want.

If we are to achieve the figure sooner than the Dóchas date, 2028 and the UN date, 2015, we must provide more money or increase volumes of overseas aid assistance. That is the cornerstone of my point.

We should aim for 2012. To paraphrase our friend, Bono, we are leaders not laggards.

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