Aid cuts

The issue of Ireland’s aid cuts is on the agenda again. As we plan our campaign to ensure there are no more cuts to the aid budget, it’s useful to look back on last year’s campaign.

Last year, 6,500 people got involved in the first phase of the We do care campaign. Here are some of those showing we care.

In this video, I give my views about the recent cuts in Ireland’s aid budget.

A recent Irish Times editorial wrote: “It is a regrettable reality that, as the economy shrinks, overseas aid, set as a proportion of GNP, automatically shrinks.