The rankings in respect of the environment make sad reading. The CDI ranks each country's commitment to the environment in terms of the damage it causes to the global community and its commitment to international environmental initiatives. Sadly, Ireland comes second last, next only to the United States. We all know the position of President Bush's Administration on the Kyoto Protocol and international environmental initiatives, in respect of which it is pursuing a particular agenda with which most of us violently and vociferously disagree. Again, one has to look at how the rankings are produced. Will the Minister of State address this point? It is important, in the wider context of Ireland's continuing role in providing overseas development aid, that we take account of these other issues and realise it is not simply a matter of helping poorly developed countries by channelling aid into, for example, infrastructure or the types of activities in which we are very proudly involved in the priority countries.