Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary)

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ethiopia. It was signed by the World Bank and by me on behalf of the Irish State two weeks ago with its finance minister. We were very pleased that the World Bank was sitting at the table with us. It will oversee supervision of the spending of the funds because we personally could not do it. Those countries need a strong mechanism, normally through an organisation like the World Bank, to ensure the funding we provide is fully utilised where we set out.

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