Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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It is important to separate trade from development. Concern has been expressed about the decision to include trade in the remit of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Many non-governmental organisations are concerned about the message this sends out. Where will savings be achieved? I note an increase is recorded in the provisional outturn? How were the figures for the strategic programme calculated? Will the Tánaiste explain how the 2013 figure was reached? One does not get a sense from the documents of where the money is going.