I wish to take a minute to pause and reflect on the needs of Iraq in the context of the global requirements for poverty eradication and the international community's commitment to meeting the millennium development goals. One of the Members of this House, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú, referred to my comments when I was leaving Ethiopia after a visit there some months ago, prior to the conflict in Iraq. I noted the amount of money it would take to help deal with a pre-famine situation in Ethiopia, as distinct from the amount of money the conflict in Iraq would cost. That is history now. It is important that we keep in context the actual needs of the global community and in particular the most vulnerable and the poorest of the poor throughout the world. I make this comment in that context.