13 Iúil 2021, 15:01
The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence will meet Dóchas tomorrow , Wednesday, 14 July, to discuss its pre-budget submission at a meeting in Leinster House, Committee Room 3 at 9.30am.
Dóchas CEO Suzanne Keatinge; Trócaire CEO Caoimhe de Barre; Concern Worldwide CEO Dominic MacSorley; and Gloria Soma of the Titi Foundation, South Sudan will appear virtually before the Committee remotely for the meeting.
Committee Cathaoirleach Charlie Flanagan TD said: “Dóchas, the Irish Association of Non-Governmental Development Organisations, has 57 full and associate members working in 104 countries around the world.
“These NGOs work on a full and diverse range of projects and issues including; peace-building, responding to humanitarian crises, gender equality projects, education programmes, livelihood and health and nutrition programmes and poverty reduction.
“The Committee welcomes this engagement with Dóchas to discuss its pre-Budget submission and to get its views on the global impact of Covid-19 and Climate Change on poorer countries around the world, the current level of Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) and what financial commitment is needed in 2022 and the years ahead.”
Watch the meeting live.