Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister of State knows, our aid has always been classed as untied aid, which is very important. A substantial part of ODA goes to international agencies such as the UN, the World Health Organization and so on. I read a report recently which suggested that GOAL was able to use the funding provided by our State as leverage to draw down very substantial funding from the British Government, the United States Government and other global players. As a result, there was an exceptionally good return on the seed funding the State provided to GOAL. Is the Minister considering giving momentum to that type of policy and perhaps reducing the assistance we give directly to the international statutory organisations?

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