We should recognise the wonderful work that is being done in South Africa by an Irish businessman, Mr. Niall Mellon. He has put €1 million from his own pocket into building houses in townships. He had a luxurious house there and was confronted by the spectacle of poverty and squalor so he did something about it. Many decent Irish workmen assisted him in the project. We are often critical of the building trade but I salute them for going out there to work for nothing, sweating in the hot sun to build houses for poor people. It was heartening to hear what the people who received those houses had to say. When the project was first launched there were begrudgers here who asked why Mr. Mellon did not do it for his own people because charity begins at home. However, what he did was wonderful for the image of Ireland abroad. The Department of Foreign Affairs should provide some degree of funding to assist such projects.