Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister of State examine encouraging NGOs funded through Irish Aid to level with the people they stop on the side of the street to ask if they would sign a direct debit and tell them exactly what percentage of the money goes to the charitable purpose, how much goes to the collector and how much goes to the organisation for administration? On any street in urban Ireland one is bound to meet a representation of an organisation funded by Irish Aid through the Department with a clipboard and a very good tale of the work they do, which no one disputes, but one must almost drag out of them what percentage of the money winds up sinking the bore hole in Uganda. The Minister of State should encourage them to spell out from the start, similar the terms and conditions of a telephone contract, the percentage the collector gets, the percentage the NGO gets for administration and the percentage from which the person in the developing country benefits.

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