Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Role and Functions: Trócaire

3:30 pm

Photo of Olivia MitchellOlivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I may. Mr. Meehan mentioned Trócaire is bound by church teaching on contraception. As I understand it, a condition of receiving Irish Aid funding is that it facilitates and participates in the distribution of contraceptive supplies in war situations or humanitarian crises. Is that a problem for Trócaire and how does it work?

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