Seanad debates

Wednesday, 26 November 2003

Overseas Development Aid: Motion.

 

The critical issues and principles that govern the development of a country are what we have to address. We must ensure our aid is well spent. That is the task that faces the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Kitt. We must ensure we put the alleviation of poverty first, that we address people's basic needs and that we work in partnership with developing countries. We must work in partnership to educate and train people in sustaining themselves. We must target children to ensure the countries concerned are safeguarded in the future. We must link this issue to human and civil rights. We should also bear in mind, in a debate like this, that terrorism and its causes often stem from countries that lack basic needs and are underdeveloped. As well as dealing directly with terrorism, we must counter the breeding grounds of terrorism.

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