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Fri 09 Sep 2009Trócaire accuses Government of hiding cuts in aid
THE DIRECTOR of Trócaire has accused the Government of using UN aid targets based on percentage of GNP to hide disproportionate cuts to the overseas development budget.
The Irish Aid budget has been drastically pruned several times in the past year, with April’s emergency budget reducing State spending on overseas development assistance (ODA) to €696 million or 0.48 per cent of GNP.
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