EU-LDC Themes - Development Co-operation - Policy
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Development Co-operation: Ireland
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has two
Ministers: the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of
State. The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs is
responsible for overseas development assistance and human rights.
The department is, among others, responsible for the development,
implementation and management of Irish Aid, which is the Irish
programme of development co-operation.
For further information go to the For the
web-site of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs website.The Ministry has a separate division
for development
co-operation.
In 1996 a White Paper was published on Foreign
Policy, under the title "Challenges
and Opportunities Abroad". It includes a chapter on Irish
development co-operation.
More information on the strategy of the
Department of Foreign Affairs can be found in its strategy
statement for 1998-2000.
The amount and distribution of official
development assistance of Ireland in the period 1998-99 can be found
at the DAC
web-site.
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