Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

There has been a letter writing campaign against the fund, which has been accused of supporting abortion. This is not the case and the US has investigated the fund, which Senator Lydon has accepted.

I was a Minister of State in the previous Administration and I attended the population conference in Cairo where agreement was reached regarding the need to deal with the world's population. There was a specific agreement that this funding would have absolutely nothing to do with abortion. There is a great deal of misinformation and a lack of knowledge around this issue.