Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The officials of my Department have been actively engaged in the preparations for the Busan meeting over the past 12 months. Final negotiations on the outcome document will take place in Busan. In the meantime, a number of high-level officials from partner countries, donors, emerging economies and civil society are working on the text of the outcome document. Within this group, we are engaging actively with the EU and the Nordic Plus group of like-minded countries to ensure agreed priorities for the document are included in these negotiations. We are placing a particular emphasis on parliamentary scrutiny within the donor countries, for example, we have a robust committee system, and the receiving countries. The countries with which we partner must have developed parliamentary scrutiny systems to ensure the aid is used to its greatest effect.

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