Emmet Stagg
Question:45 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make available those reports which have been prepared by agencies for presentation to the interdepartmental committee on development. [5216/09]
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The Government's 2006 White Paper on Irish Aid included the commitment to establish an Inter-Departmental Committee on Development, to be chaired at Ministerial level. The Committee was launched in April 2007 with the objective of strengthening coherence in the Government's approach to development and making best use of the expertise and skills available across the public service.
From the outset, the Committee recognised the importance of transparency in its work and established a webpage on the Irish Aid website, (http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/partnersirish.asp). Once agreed, minutes of Inter-Departmental Committee on Development meetings are placed on the webpage along with reports and presentations made to the Committee by guest agencies. These have included presentations on the views of Non-Governmental Organisations on improving policy coherence for development, the Dutch experience in developing a more integrated approach to development issues and the work of the Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College Dublin on its Framework Research Project on policy coherence for development.
The first Annual Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Development, which is also published on the webpage, was presented to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in June 2008 and has been placed in the Oireachtas Library for the information of Members.
Question No. 46 answered with Question No. 21.