Vol. 509 No. 6
165 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of organisations in receipt of aid under the multilateral aid program; the plans, if any, he has to expand this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/99]
Ireland makes a large number of payments to a broad variety of organizations under our multilateral assistance programme. These are of two types: mandatory payments, notably to the EU, the World Bank Group, the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and UN agricultural and food agencies; voluntary contributions to UN funds and programmes such as the UN Development Programme (UNDP), UNICEF and UN High Commission for Refugees.
A full list of our multilateral contributions, from the Irish Aid Annual Report for 1998, follows.
Our voluntary contributions to the UN system for development-related activities have been steadily increasing over recent years, from £2.5 million in 1993 to £8.4 million this year. The number of UN programmes receiving such funding has also substantially increased, although the three major recipients – the UN Development Programme, UN High Commission for Refugees and UNICEF between them receive about 60 per cent of available funds.
While Irish aid will aim to increase its funding of multilateral development agencies in the future, this will not necessarily mean an increase in the number of organizations receiving such assistance. Instead, we will aim to direct increased funds at those bodies which have shown a commitment to reform and efficiency in the delivery of aid and in particular those whose activities accord best with the core aim of our bilateral aid programme, i.e. poverty alleviation.
ANNEXES
Annex 1
Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA)
|
1997 |
1998 |
|
|
£m |
£m |
|
|
A Administration |
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|
Departmental Administration |
2.200 |
2.400 |
|
Tax Deductibility |
0.120 |
0.374 |
|
Sub-total A |
2.320 |
2.774 |
|
BEuropean Community |
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EC Budget (Development Cooperation) |
20.820 |
26.660 |
|
European Development Fund |
4.928 |
7.801 |
|
Sub-total E |
25.748 |
34.461 |
|
1997 |
1998 |
|
|
£m |
£m |
|
|
C (i) World Bank & United Nations |
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|
International Development Association |
4.864 |
4.865 |
|
Global Environment Facility |
1.215 |
0.425 |
|
Food Aid Convention |
0.635 |
0.806 |
|
World Food Programme |
1.100 |
1.122 |
|
Food & Agriculture Organisation Schemes |
0.164 |
0.448 |
|
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
0.171 |
0.171 |
|
UN Environment Programme and Desertification Convention |
0.019 |
0.027 |
|
UNIDO |
0.156 |
0.142 |
|
Miscellaneous Voted Expenditure (see Annex 21) |
1.671 |
1,881 |
|
Sub-total C(i) |
9.995 |
9.887 |
|
C (ii) UN Voluntary Agencies |
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|
UN Childrens Fund |
1.200 |
1.425 |
|
UN Development Programme |
1.919 |
2.486 |
|
UNHCR |
1.350 |
1.490 |
|
UN Relief & Works Agency |
0.425 |
0.400 |
|
UNETP for South Africa |
0.060 |
0.000 |
|
UN Fund for Victims of Torture |
0.045 |
0.045 |
|
UN Fund for Women's Development |
0.100 |
0.115 |
|
UN Fund for Human Rights Field Operations |
0.150 |
0.185 |
|
United Nations Volunteers |
0.250 |
0.275 |
|
United Nations Population Fund (UNI-PA) |
0.275 |
0.369 |
|
United Nations Fund for Electoral Assistance |
0.035 |
0.035 |
|
United Nations Institute for Training & Research |
0.165 |
0.185 |
|
Fund for Desertification Convention |
0.010 |
0.015 |
|
WHO TB Programme |
0.050 |
0.050 |
|
WHO Global Vaccination Programme |
0.075 |
0.075 |
|
WHO Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases |
0.100 |
0.100 |
|
Voluntary Fund for Climate Change Convention |
0.010 |
0.015 |
|
UN Aids Programme |
0.075 |
0.075 |
|
UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Clearing |
0.150 |
0.100 |
|
UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Disability |
0.055 |
0.000 |
|
Trust Fund for Commission on Sustainable Development |
0.032 |
0.060 |
|
WHO Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Programme |
0.100 |
0.100 |
|
UN Drug Control Programme |
0.150 |
0.200 |
|
UN Human Rights Centre |
0.140 |
0.000 |
|
UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
0.150 |
0.180 |
|
UNCIAD LDC Trust Fund |
0.137 |
0.000 |
|
WHO Programme on Emerging and Communicable Diseases |
0.100 |
0.100 |
|
WHO Essential Drugs Programme |
0.075 |
0.075 |
|
UNIDO Industrial Fund |
0.041 |
0.000 |
|
WHO Plan for Victims of Landmines |
0.025 |
0.000 |
|
WHO Guinea Worm Eradication Programme |
0.025 |
0.000 |
|
UN Trust Fund for South South Cooperation |
0.025 |
0.000 |
|
Trust Fund for UN Commissioner for Human Rights |
0.000 |
0.100 |
|
UN Voluntary Fund on Disability |
0.000 |
0.060 |
|
WHO/UNCIAD/ITC Common Trust Fund |
0.000 |
0.050 |
|
WHO/World Bank African River Blindness Control Programme |
0.000 |
0.030 |
|
UN Fund for Contemporary Forms of Slavery |
0.000 |
0.020 |
|
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests |
0.000 |
0.015 |
|
Sub-total C(ii) |
7.499 |
8.430 |
|
Multilateral Aid |
43.242 |
52.778 |
|
D Bilateral Assistance |
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|
Bilateral Aid Programme |
60.505 |
66.253 |
|
APSO |
10.600 |
10.700 |
|
Emergency Humanitarian Assistance |
6,000 |
6.000 |
|
Refugees |
1.480 |
1.700 |
|
Sub-total D |
78.585 |
84.053 |
|
Grand total ODA |
124.147 |
139.605 |
|
Gross National Product |
40,525.000 |
47,100.000 |
|
ODA as a Percentage of GNP |
0.31% |
0.30% |
|
Organisation |
Department Responsible |
1998Net Amount |
|
1International Committee of the Red Cross |
Defence |
100,000 |
|
2World Health Organisation |
Health & Children |
450,886 |
|
3UN General Budget |
Foreign Affairs |
198,972 |
|
4International Atomic Energy Agency |
Public Enterprise |
370,000 |
|
5Food & Agriculture Organisation General Budget |
Agriculture & Food |
279,160 |
|
6World Intellectual Property Organisation |
Enterprise, Trade & Employment |
119,641 |
|
7UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) – Voluntary Fund |
Environment & Local Government |
100,000 |
|
8UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) |
Education & Science |
137,885 |
|
9International Labour Organisation (ILO) |
Enterprise, Trade & Employment |
54,502 |
|
10International Telecommunications Union |
Public Enterprise |
57,750 |
|
11Universal Postal Union |
Public Enterprise |
9,579 |
|
12World Meteorological Organisation |
Public Enterprise |
2,310 |
|
Total |
1,880,685 |
|
Volume of net ODA(£million at 1996 prices and exchange rates) |
Share of Total DAC at current prices and exchange rates per cent |
Two year averages, net disbursements ODA as per cent GNP |
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|
1976-77 |
1986-87 |
1996-97 |
1976-77 |
1986-87 |
1996-97 |
1976-77 |
1986-87 |
1996-97 |
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|
Australia |
835 |
1,125 |
1,036 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
0.41 |
0.40 |
0.28 |
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|
Austria |
252 |
342 |
578 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.18 |
0.19 |
0.25 |
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|
Belgium |
924 |
1,059 |
891 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
0.48 |
0.48 |
0.33 |
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|
Canada |
1,707 |
2,276 |
1,930 |
6.7 |
4.7 |
3.7 |
0.48 |
0.48 |
0.33 |
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|
Denmark |
653 |
1,281 |
1,802 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
0.54 |
0.88 |
1.01 |
|||
|
Finland |
127 |
518 |
416 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.16 |
0.48 |
0.34 |
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|
France |
4,032 |
7,269 |
7.087 |
1.03 |
12.2 |
13.3 |
0.39 |
0.58 |
0.47 |
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|
Germany |
4.887 |
7.028 |
7.154 |
11.7 |
10.8 |
13.0 |
0.34 |
0.41 |
0.30 |
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|
Ireland |
26 |
79 |
186 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.09 |
0.23 |
0.31 |
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|
Italy |
753 |
3,822 |
1,888 |
1.5 |
6.6 |
3.5 |
0.11 |
0.37 |
0.16 |
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|
Japan |
4,804 |
10,119 |
9,893 |
9.0 |
17.0 |
18.1 |
0.20 |
0.30 |
0.21 |
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|
Luxembourg |
– |
21 |
95 |
– |
0.0 |
0.2 |
– |
0.17 |
0.49 |
|||
|
Netherlands |
2,018 |
2,970 |
3,290 |
5.8 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
0.81 |
0.99 |
0.81 |
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|
New Zealand |
181 |
142 |
140 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.40 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
|||
|
Norway |
574 |
1,229 |
1,350 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
0.78 |
1.13 |
0.85 |
|||
|
Portugal |
– |
63 |
248 |
– |
0.1 |
0.5 |
– |
0.10 |
0.23 |
|||
|
Spain |
– |
378 |
1,323 |
– |
0.6 |
2.4 |
– |
0.08 |
0.22 |
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|
Sweden |
1,607 |
1,884 |
1,973 |
4.9 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
0.86 |
0.87 |
0.81 |
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|
Switzerland |
412 |
821 |
1,047 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
0.19 |
0.30 |
0.34 |
|||
|
United Kingdom |
3,215 |
2,778 |
3,193 |
7.1 |
4.7 |
6.4 |
0.41 |
0.29 |
0.27 |
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|
United States |
10,834 |
12,588 |
8,061 |
32.1 |
24.1 |
15.7 |
0.25 |
0.21 |
0.10 |
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|
DAC Total |
37,840 |
57,789 |
53,832 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
0.31 |
0.33 |
0.24 |
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|
of whichEU Members |
18,493 |
29,490 |
30,326 |
46.5 |
48.4 |
55.8 |
0.39 |
0.44 |
0.35 |
