Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
EU Scrutiny Reports 2012: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
3:50 pm
Mr. David Cooney:
Irish Aid money in Ethiopia was being channelled through an organisation dedicated to maternal health. Among its activities it facilitated abortion. Some years ago Irish Aid acted to make it very clear that money being given by it could not be channelled to abortion. I understand that at present we do not fund this programme. The question on the embassy to the Holy See is political and all I can say is that I do not see my posting as permanent.
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