Brendan Ryan (Labour)

The other side of the House is easily provoked this morning.

At the UN millennium summit in New York in September 2000 the Taoiseach stated:

Today, on behalf of the Government and people of Ireland, I wish in this forum publicly to make a commitment to fully meeting the United Nations target of spending of 0.7% of GNP on official development assistance.

Last week, the little boy he made responsible for official development assistance decided that was not a promise.