Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) is made up of two main elements. Approximately 80% of Ireland’s ODA comes from the budget allocation to Vote 27 - International Co-operation, which is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and known to the public as Irish Aid.
The remaining 20% comprises ODA-eligible contributions made by other Government Departments to Multilateral and International Organisations engaged in Development Co-operation - mainly the Departments of Finance and Agriculture Food and the Marine – plus Ireland’s share of the EU Development Corporation budget.
Since 2007, Ireland has provided over €6.3 billion in ODA. A summary of annual contributions is set out in the following table.
Year
|
Other ODA
|
Vote 27
|
Total ODA
|
-
|
€m
|
€m
|
€m
|
2015 (Budget)
|
125.00
|
476.16
|
601.16
|
2014
|
138.57
|
476.29
|
614.86
|
2013
|
140.39
|
496.70
|
637.09
|
2012
|
121.52
|
507.38
|
628.90
|
2011
|
136.86
|
520.18
|
657.04
|
2010
|
154.28
|
521.55
|
675.83
|
2009
|
150.36
|
571.84
|
722.20
|
2008
|
151.93
|
768.74
|
920.67
|
2007
|
145.12
|
725.75
|
870.87
|
Detailed analysis of Ireland’s ODA expenditure is contained in the statistical annexes to the Irish Aid annual report, which is available on Irish Aid web site:www.irishaid.ie.