Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by Irish Aid in Malawi for the 2012 and the projects that were supported. [13971/13]

Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Ireland’s aid programme prioritises the fight against global poverty and hunger. Ireland has long term, strategic development partnership programmes with eight Programme Countries. These are Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia in sub-Saharan Africa, and Vietnam in Asia. In these countries we aim to build government and institutional capacities to deliver the essential services that their populations need, mainly in the areas of health, education and food security.

In 2012, Ireland provided €12.5 million for the bilateral aid programme in Malawi. The overarching goal of the Malawi programme is to ensure that households are better nourished and less vulnerable to poverty. It focuses on activities in agriculture, climate change, nutrition, social protection and good governance.

The Irish Aid programme is delivered through targeted programmes implemented by a variety of partners including Government institutions, NGOs and international organisations. This ensures a high degree of accountability and clear results for the poorest and most vulnerable people.

Comprehensive details of how Ireland’s total Overseas Development Assistance (ODA), including funding allocated directly to Programme Countries, was spent in 2012 are currently being compiled and will be published in the Irish Aid Annual Report which will be available on the Irish Aid website . Details of all countries that benefited from Ireland’s aid programme in 2011 are set out in the 2011 Irish Aid Annual Report, which is available on the Irish Aid website.