Written answers
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Department of Foreign Affairs
Overseas Development Aid
11:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of funding diverted to the overseas aid programme which arises from Departments other than his own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/07]
Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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The table shows the level of funding for Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) by other Government Departments in 2005. As the Deputy will see, the largest contributions were made by the Department of Finance (primarily to the Bretton Woods Institutions) and by the Department of Food and Agriculture (contributions to various UN Organisations involved in the delivery of food aid).
| Government Department | ODA Funding 2005 |
| € 000's | |
| Department of Finance | 19,314 |
| Department of Agriculture and Food | 8,202 |
| Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government | 4,840 |
| Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | 580 |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | 138 |
| Department of Defence | 130 |
| Department of Education and Science | 223 |
| Department of Health and Children | 844 |
| Total | 34,271 |
Further information about contributions made by the various Government Departments is provided in the Irish Aid 2005 Annual Report, which is available on the Irish Aid website at (http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/publications
The level of funding for Overseas Development Assistance through other Government Departments increased considerably in 2006. The increase is primarily due to a once-off payment by the Department of Finance of €58.6 million for multilateral debt relief. The full details will be made available in the Irish Aid 2006 Annual Report in due course.
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