Seanad debates

Wednesday, 27 November 2002

Overseas Development Aid: Motion.

 

I am aware that the Ireland Aid review committee reported that the programme was well focused and was working efficiently in some of the poorest African countries. It said the sectors on which our aid was focused were well chosen. I am sure that is true up to a point. However, the committee also recommends an increased degree of partnership with NGOs. We should continue to look at that. Some people think Mr. John O'Shea of GOAL is extreme but that is how he has got things done. I am a great admirer of his because he gets directly involved in these situations. He takes the Minister's advice by going to see these countries and deals directly with them. He provided me over recent years with horrifying information about the levels of corruption within many of the administrations to which we send money.

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