Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of funding allocated to the work of the International Association of Business and Parliament; the countries in which the work of the association is funded by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33300/05]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is committed to funding the International Association of Business and Parliament in the amount of €286,170 over a two-year period in support of a project aimed at strengthening legislatures in Georgia, Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova. The overall objective of the project is to foster economic development and good governance, as prerequisites for poverty reduction, through the institutionalisation of non-corrupt and transparent relationships between legislators and the business sector.

An initial grant of €98,457 was paid to the association in July 2005. A second instalment of the grant amounting to €67,393 will be paid this month, with the remainder payable in February and October 2006.