Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's international development programme is focused on support for countries and communities most acutely in need. The Government's policy for international development, A Better World, provides the framework, with the objective of reaching the furthest behind first and addressing the needs of those living in some of the world’s poorest or most climate-exposed countries and those living in areas affected by conflict.

The Government delivers this support through our bilateral development programme, channelled through Irish Embassies in relevant countries, through civil society and humanitarian organisations, and through multilateral organisations, including the United Nations.

Each year the Department of Foreign Affairs reports to the OECD Development Assistance Committee on overall expenditure on Official Development Assistance (ODA) against a set of internationally agreed statistical standards.

This in turn feeds into the Irish Aid Annual Report, which details our activities in partner countries and highlights the impact of the international development programme. Statistical annexes to the Annual Report contain details of the top 30 recipient countries of bilateral ODA, including our partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Annual Reports are available publicly on the Irish Aid website.

The total amount of Irish ODA budget in monetary terms received for each of the twelve listed countries requested as reported in the Irish Aid Annual Reports has been provided below. The figure for 2023 will be available when that Annual Report is published later this year.

Ireland's total Official Development Assistance for 2024 will be just under €2 billion. €775.3 million has been provided for the international development assistance programme managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the highest ever allocation.