Why do we care?

Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 1 October 2009 | 0 comments

The Irish Government made a commitment to spend 0.7% of its national income on overseas aid by 2012. That amounts to just 70 cent in every €100 by 2012.

In the last 10 months, €222 million has been cut from Ireland’s aid budget. Here, as part of the “We do care” campaign, I talk about how the aid cuts will have an impact. 

 

 

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