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Tue 02 Feb 2009Agencies dismayed at overseas aid cuts
Irish international aid agencies have reacted with disappointment to Government plans to cut its overseas aid budget by €95 million.
Taoiseeach Brian Cowen announced the cuts in the Dáil today as part of a plan to secure €2 billion in savings to the Exchequer. The Overseas Development Aid (ODA) budget, which was set last October, will be cut from €891 million to €796 million, a reduction from 0.56 per cent of GNP to 0.53 per cent.
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