Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 45: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make available those reports which have been prepared by agencies for presentation to the interdepartmental committee on development. [5216/09]

Peter Power (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Government's 2006 White Paper on Irish Aid included the commitment to establish an Inter-Departmental Committee on Development, to be chaired at Ministerial level. The Committee was launched in April 2007 with the objective of strengthening coherence in the Government's approach to development and making best use of the expertise and skills available across the public service.

From the outset, the Committee recognised the importance of transparency in its work and established a webpage on the Irish Aid website, (http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/partners

The first Annual Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Development, which is also published on the webpage, was presented to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in June 2008 and has been placed in the Oireachtas Library for the information of Members.