I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Tom Kitt, to the House. I am sure all sides will join me in complimenting him on the manner in which he has carried out his portfolio, specifically in the area of overseas development aid. In light of the Estimates published last week, we have maintained our contribution at a similar level of GNP as last year. I thought the Minister of State was unusually brave in stating publicly that the ambition of reaching 0.7% of GNP by 2007 may not now be achievable. I hope that in injecting a note of realism into the budget, he would agree that it should still be the main aspiration of this Administration to reach that figure.