Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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523. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on overseas development assistance in each year from 2007 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46112/15]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) is made up of two main elements. Approximately 80% of Ireland’s ODA comes from the budget allocation to Vote 27 - International Co-operation, which is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and known to the public as Irish Aid.

The remaining 20% comprises ODA-eligible contributions made by other Government Departments to Multilateral and International Organisations engaged in Development Co-operation - mainly the Departments of Finance and Agriculture Food and the Marine – plus Ireland’s share of the EU Development Corporation budget.

Since 2007, Ireland has provided over €6.3 billion in ODA. A summary of annual contributions is set out in the following table.

Detailed analysis of Ireland’s ODA expenditure is contained in the statistical annexes to the Irish Aid annual report, which is available on Irish Aid web site:.