Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance
11:20 am
Mr. David Cooney:
The Department spends money in Northern Ireland by means of a small anti-sectarian and reconciliation fund. We have two missions in Northern Ireland. Programme C deals with reconciliation and co-operation on this island. The outturn was €16 million for expenditure, with expenditure on North-South co-operation of €2.697 million and International Fund for Ireland expenditure of €150,000, as well as payroll and administration under that subhead.
The issue of Northern Ireland is always with us, although it was not a particular highlight during 2012.