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Govt lied about extent of aid cuts

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday August 30, 2002 12:18author by MG

A UCD professor has discovered that the Government has been lying all along about the extent of the funds to be cut from Ireland's overseas aid budget. The Fianna Fail-Progressive Democrats cabal official line is that planned expenditure on aid will be reduced by €32m this year, but the true figure is €8 to €10m higher. This flies in the face of the Government's commitment to give 0.7% of GNP in aid to developing countries within five years...

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