Sunday October 18 2009
THIRTY-FIVE academics from all seven Irish universities have highlighted their concern at cuts in Ireland’s foreign aid budget.
In a letter to newspapers they said that Ireland had established itself as a generous international donor, but the cuts in foreign aid have been “particularly severe and disproportionate, with serious consequences for Ireland’s contribution to poverty reduction”.
In 2008, the Government spent €920.6m on overseas aid. The budget has been reduced to €696m in 2009.