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# Official Development Assistance

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Poll: Should Ireland spend more on overseas development funding?

Current spending does not meet UN targets but should we be spending 0.7 per cent of GNP on overseas development funding when we are in a bailout?

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May 11th 2013, 11:22 AM

Ireland’s overseas development funding continues to drop, remains below UN target

Ireland gave 0.47 per cent of its GDP in development assistance in 2012, well below the UN target of 0.7 per cent.

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May 11th 2013, 9:45 AM