Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I fully accept that but while our contributions are increasing so too is the need, and drastically. The three "Cs" of Covid-19, climate change and conflict all make the need for and urgency of significant increases in ODA by us and other wealthy nations all the more vitally important. It is welcome we have reaffirmed our commitment and have done consistently. However, we need to demonstrate how we will get there.

The not unreasonable call from organisations such as Dóchas, which they have been making for decades now, to provide pathways and lay them out clearly is one we should be open to. It does not take much to say how we will meet these commitments under certain eventualities. It is important to have a target of 0.7% by 2030, but so is laying out how we will get there.

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