Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

An Agreed Programme for Government reiterated the long-standing commitment to overseas development aid of 0.7% of GNP, as enunciated by this Government and its predecessors over the past ten years. The two most recent budgets resulted in disproportionate cuts to overseas development aid. Is it the Government's policy that overseas development aid will reach 0.7% by 2012? Can the Taoiseach indicate how this might be done incrementally in view of the fact that the percentage has decreased over the past year?

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