Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
9:00 am
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I agree that the percentage is a drop in the ocean. The programme first came to my attention as a new Member of the House in 2011. Shortly thereafter there was the incident in Uganda, which clearly was of concern. Broadly, it is a tiny amount in the context of a figure of €724 million.
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