Aid Targets and Existing Commitments

Summary

Calleary disputed that the aid programme had been abandoned, noting that successive governments had fallen short of the 0.7 per cent target. He said commitments to existing projects would be honoured, while Griffin questioned how that was possible after the cuts.

Seán Calleary Mr. Calleary Fianna Fáil

I did not interrupt the Deputy.

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We were working towards it.

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Brendan Griffin Mr. Griffin Fine Gael

That is not true.

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Seán Calleary Mr. Calleary Fianna Fáil

The Deputy's Government did not reach 0.7 per cent or anything like 0.7 per cent.

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Brendan Griffin Mr. Griffin Fine Gael

It was 0.26 per cent of GNP in 1986.

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Seán Calleary Mr. Calleary Fianna Fáil

The 1987 Estimate which this Government found when it took office was less than had been allocated in 1986. The Deputy asked what programmes are going to be abandoned. Let me restate that the commitments to existing projects will all be honoured.

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Brendan Griffin Mr. Griffin Fine Gael

That is impossible.

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Seán Calleary Mr. Calleary Fianna Fáil

The commitments to existing programmes will all be honoured.

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Brendan Griffin Mr. Griffin Fine Gael

With a reduction in grant-in-aid?

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