Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Irish aid will be made available to a person (details supplied) to alleviate dire poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21692/06]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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I am very much aware and appreciative of the development work carried out by Irish missionaries in some of the poorest countries in the world. In this context, Irish Aid provides significant funding annually to the Irish Missionary Resource Service (IMRS), which in turn administers project and personnel funding schemes for Catholic missionaries worldwide. This ensures that development programmes are planned, prioritised and managed by the missionaries themselves. The funding allocation for the IMRS has increased to €14 million for 2006 compared to €12 million in 2005.

Applications for support of a development project should be made to the IMRS through the representative in Ireland of the community making the application, in this case, the Divine Word Missionaries, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.