International Development Assistance (ODA) programmes managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs have received their highest ever allocation of €775.3 million for 2024.
This is less than half of Ireland’s total Official Development Assistance for 2024 which will be just under €2 billion.
Fianna Fail Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs Sean Fleming says, the Government’s policy for international development, outlined in the A Better World strategy document, provides the framework and the objective of “reaching the furthest behind first and addressing the needs of those living in some of the world’s poorest or most climate-exposed countries and those living in areas affected by conflict.”
The Government delivers this support through its bilateral development programme, channelled through Irish Embassies in relevant countries, through civil society NGO’s and humanitarian organisations, and through multilateral organisations, including the United Nations.
The information was confirmed in a reply to Independent TD Carol Nolan after she asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin to provide details of the total amount of Irish ODA budget in monetary terms received for each of the twelve listed countries in the decade 2013 and 2023, inclusive:
| €000 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Ethiopia | 34,304 | 36,198 | 35,158 | 35,476 | 36,037 | 37,301 | 39,733 | 39,677 | 40,563 | 41,189 |
| Kenya | 6,964 | 6,501 | 8,146 | 7,275 | 6,738 | 6,542 | 7,131 | 8,060 | 8,765 | 11,434 |
| Liberia | 7,282 | 6,423 | 6,915 | 3,358 | 3,926 | 4,713 | 4,017 | 4,696 | 5,879 | 6,560 |
| Malawi | 20,216 | 19,431 | 20,006 | 19,528 | 20,193 | 20,976 | 22,095 | 20,844 | 17,422 | 22,537 |
| Mozambique | 41,551 | 40,150 | 37,034 | 27,275 | 26,320 | 20,584 | 26,528 | 25,784 | 27,113 | 27,302 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,988 | 12,252 | 10,388 | 10,773 | 12,238 | 12,181 | 13,603 | 14,626 | 16,218 | 18,356 |
| South Africa | 4,723 | 4,647 | 5,797 | 5,466 | 4,102 | 4,104 | 4,534 | 4,622 | 4,812 | 4,048 |
| Tanzania | 32,731 | 24,972 | 28,700 | 25,472 | 20,143 | 24,075 | 23,025 | 22,901 | 25,195 | 24,996 |
| Uganda | 23,645 | 27,748 | 23,344 | 24,056 | 24,886 | 26,310 | 21,223 | 22,762 | 24,333 | 24,352 |
| Viet Nam | 13,006 | 12,666 | 12,644 | 14,473 | 8,583 | 9,088 | 8,329 | 7,539 | 3,631 | 4,399 |
| Zambia | 19,730 | 17,518 | 17,500 | 11,298 | 12,223 | 5,886 | 6,281 | 5,718 | 4,974 | 6,123 |
| Zimbabwe | 6,470 | 6,639 | 6,512 | 6,300 | 6,698 | 7,229 | 7,472 | 8,771 | 9,113 | 11,360 |
Gript has previously reported that Irish taxpayers gave more than €640 million in overseas aid for the 2011-2016 period to countries that ranked in the 50 worst offenders for persecuting Christians.
The then Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade released the information on funding in response to a question from Independent TD, Mattie McGrath
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No country that persecutes Christians should get any foreign aid from Ireland. Why don’t the Irish government help their own citizens first? By citizen I mean native Irish people.
Ireland persecutes Christians
I’m going back out to the garden, digging a hole and burying myself……depressed reading this……and I am surrounded by neighbours who couldn’t give two damns about such odious behaviour by the corrupt state. My SF/FG neighbours have no moral compass let alone cranial matter. They’d look back blank if this reprehensible conduct was brought to their attention. And then blurt out the latest rte/cnn/bbc salacious soundbite.
Palestine does not like Christians so much
The Israelis have blown up Catholic churches and murdered dozens of Christians in Gaza.
Overseas Development Financial Aid, is one of the worlds greatesT rackets, under the disguise of altruism.
There is zero accountability fot this Taxpayer money and most never reaches the needy people on the ground ,but is skimmed off by the many politicians and bureaucrats all the way back to Dublin
. Martin also has ulterior motives .He is in effect buying support for a position in the many UN organisations available.
It is notable ,he has also done a vast amount of International travelling since appointment as Foreign Minister to drum up support for his next carreer move ,when the Voters of Caork sling him and his traitorous FF PartY out on his ear at the next General ELECTION
“When Martin makes political decisions based on who’s given him the most money, we don’t have a political system, we have an Auction House.
Why Zimbabwe? They kicked out the productive white population and then starved.
Ideology rather than practicality rules the world. The surgeon who operates on you or the pilot who drives your plane is selected on diversity criteria rather than actual skill.
Because they are black.
Too blunt?
We are giving money to South Africa which has an abundance of gold, diamond and coal among other minerals. To Mozambique which has reams of oil and natural gas… what a joke.
I think this government may be siphoning money out of the state for personal gain.They are probably lining their pockets at our expense. What other reason is there for this insanity.
If the government managed our money the PAYE tax would possibly be around 30% at high level.
This is why they want laws to control the population in communist style.Ireland is now governed like a third world country. Vote independent or true nationalist parties. Avoid mainstream parties at all costs
10% for the Big Guy??
I remember certain familiar names appearing on an off shore bank list
10cc for the Big Guy ?? when the truth be told, eventually (and sadly).
Grift: “What’s that about Sydney? Oh,oh,… look never mind. Listen up people. Look over there. Foreign Aid Budget blah blah bla”
“Where’s Peter Murray gone, he was here yesterday? We need him to reassure everyone that the real issue is the illegal immigration and that there’s no correlation, no correlation whatsoever, with legal immigration and stabbing sprees specifically targetting children, with their mothers, in broad daylight in shopping centres or outside schools. Sher dis has always been happennin’. No, no, no. Listen mush. The beheadings, the cold blooded-shooting in broad daylight of parents with their children (not connected to any gangs), shur this is statistically the same as homegrown crime. Shur didn’t we have out own, the IRA. Well, I know that was all before you were born. So were the Crusades.”
“Do you think they heard about the Moroccan Asylum Seeker up in Court in England for randomly stabbing 70 year old Terence Carney to death while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’?”
“Nah, we pumped out enough stories this week to keep them distracted I think – and by next week all this will be forgotten about anyway. People are becoming desensitised. Eventually, there’ll be no need to discuss it at all, atall. We’ll be able to say it’s part and parcel of living in a modern, democratic society, one of the richest countries in the world and, look, if you don’t like it, you can always move to Russia”
Completely agree with you. I thank u for putting my frustration into words.
Most of these countries have moved to Ireland anyway. Just leave the money here
Absolutely brilliant. Funny and true.
Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian lady made an eloquent argument against aid in her 2010 book, “Dead Aid,” for trade not aid. Our politicians could learn a thing or two from her.
It’s hard to see that headline the same week I see the school principal from my daughter’s junior school in Lidl asking if the manager would consider our school for sports equipment and donations. Then the school newsletter lists the business in the area that are financially supporting the school.
While international solidarity and humanitarian assistance are commendable principles, it is imperative for policymakers to strike a balance between overseas development aid and addressing pressing domestic needs. Solve our own problems first and then look further afield !
Solve our own problems and never look further afield unless there is something in it for us, preferably profit.
Remember airline safety instruction
Take that money and invest in the military and ships to deport people back to those countries.
Stop giving handouts to countries.If you get stuff for free you will keep expecting it for free.Hence the intitlement of Africans coming here,beggars.
Charities should be taxed, NGOs abolished and given zero money and this handout to beggars should be scraped.
Stop wasting money, stop importing scum and pay off our debt fast.Jesus what is up with this shower .
Charities should be firensically audited. No CEO should earn more tgan 70k per annum at most
Beware! This is the same scheme the US grifters (politicians) use to enrich themselves thru kickbacks from the govts they profess to be “aiding”. They’re setting you up to pay for your own demise. Remember this caveat…charity begins at home! How many services have been cut for Irish citizens, all the while giving billions to illegals & foreign govts who may or may not hate you?
people are dying in Limerick UHL because of this government mismanagement of our money, professional gamblers are what FF/fg/g are
Mismangement is a compliment,i am not sure there is anybody even atemping to manage it.This is crazy stuff.Between this nonsense and ukrainian wasters it is over 2.5 billion, then add NGO anarchists and HAP payments.Its utterly insane.Rats
Paddy is very generous in fairness. If I had it might way, not a cent would be leaving. It’s quite clear this is a money laundering scheme kept in perpetual motion under the guise of humanitarianism to countries that are intentionally being suppressed by the USA, Russia and China. It’s sick.
A breakdown of all the money spent would be great.It wont happen though,too many people creaming it off the irish tax payer.Vietnam like? What the !
It won’t Shane and no traceability of where it goes either but one th8ng is for sure, they will get a slice. Coveney did not get his island house on a ministers salary, that’s for sure.
Brings a whole new meaning to ,thick paddy….
What’s that line about a not too bright person and his money being easily parted?
Penny wise,pound foolish?
A fool and his money are easily parted? Shame it isn’t their money though.
Paddy wise…
We are thick no longer.
How does anyone in Ireland benefit from this? — instead of competently governing Ireland, Irish politicians have developed a messianic complex, similar to politicians elsewhere — they think it is their responsibility to solve the world’s problems (which never end of course) — in this day and age, they should start an online fundraising campaign to pay for these projects, rather than compelling ordinary Irish people to do so via the coercive tax system.
>most climate-exposed countries
What is a ‘climate-exposed country’? — in general we are supposed to believe that human activity, namely burning hydrocarbons, causes climate change — reducing the burning of hydrocarbons is something every country can do on its own — why do people who live in the West have to pay other countries to use fewer hydrocarbons? — the only scenario I would consider even remotely acceptable would be to award contracts to Western companies to help third world countries switch to alternative energy — this way how the aid is used can be controlled, and it would generate jobs in the West as well as in the third world countries — it’s crazy to just throw money at these backward countries and expect it to be used wisely.
Vietnam is booming economy south Africa is a high tech economy most of other African countries on the list have russian mining companies in their taking advantage of these countries and thick paddy paying in to this scam , wondering why Simon covenny is putting the parachute on , hidden bank accounts and lots of back handers ,say no more they will be elected again as paddy is glued to high stool sipping the old pint of Guinness talking English politics 😠
A great tv show would be all the politicians being dropped in Africa where there are lots of lions.I reckon it would revive rte.
Its all a scam.These pricks dont want to pay off our debt.Instead we have our taxs paid to countries that treat chirstians and white people like shit.Makes me sick personally.
Nelson Mandela said people are not born rascist and they grow to hate.Well i am growing to hate.Is it being done intentionally?This government have interfered and undermined the tax payer of this country so much that it is nothing short of contempt.The hate grows.” The force is strong in this one,beware of the dark side”
Give tgat money to Irish farmers
Excellent film questioning the reality of Climate Change, well worth a look.
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Is anyone asking “Who will pay for this?” WE already have the highest per capita National Debt in the EU!!!
Mcguckian brothers started Masstock Almarai in the desert. Where there is a will, there is a way
I am happy that we give foreign aid. However let us make sure it goes to organisations like Trócaire, who have a good track record in administration of foreign aid to the most vulnerable. I would be concerned if our Government gives directly to corrupt governments. Our government’s track record on effectively managing immigration might cast doubt on their ability to prooerly manage foreign aid.