Seanad debates

Wednesday, 26 November 2003

Overseas Development Aid: Motion.

 

It is important that we build up public awareness in this regard. Given the number of agencies seeking help, including Concern and Goal, we must have a public awareness initiative to say where and how money is spent and where it goes and so on. Perhaps some of it is dissipated. I have occasionally heard that moneys collected do not always arrive at their destination. Some goes in administrative costs and so on. Nevertheless, we are doing as well as we can under the circumstances, but we cannot rest on our laurels. We can always do better. I believe that we have a Minister of State who will continue to move the programme forward as best he can.

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