Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of aid given to organisations in Nepal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25027/07]

Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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Assistance to development organisations operating in Nepal has totalled €2.6 million since 2004, as follows:

2004 €448,468

2005 €596,620

2006 €600,533

2007 €988,041

The funding has been provided under a number of different schemes, including funding for missionary organisations, volunteer programmes, and funding for long-term development under the Civil Society Fund in the areas of human rights, health, education and livelihood support. Funds were also allocated for emergency assistance dealing with flooding. In 2005, €200,000 was made available as a contribution to the establishment of a field office of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.