Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

The current figure is 0.41%. However, the figures will be subject to revision when we see the full end of year outturn, but this is the figure which is available at the moment.

On the question of the 2015 date, the UN said that developed countries like Ireland should achieve the 0.7% figure by 2015. The EU has committed to that figure. I hope that commitment will be reaffirmed by the Taoiseach and his colleagues in the European Council in the next month or so.

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