501 Deputy Enda Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount scheduled to be paid in overseas development aid by the State for the financial year 2009; the percentage as a proportion of GNP Irish aid stands at as a result of the April 2009 budget; the percentage decline in Irish aid as a proportion of GNP that has occurred since the financial year 2008; his justification for cutting Ireland’s ODA budget in view of the life-saving projects undertaken by Irish Aid agencies through ODA funding; if aid agencies have warned that ODA cuts could cost lives; if new percentage targets have been set within Irish Aid for Ireland’s ODA as a proportion of GNP for the financial years 2010 and 2011; if so, the nature of these targets; if he will provide a guarantee that Ireland will achieve its 0.7% goal by 2012; if not, if a statement will be made to the United Nations confirming that Ireland, for the second time, has broken its commitment to reach that percentage by a specified target year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/09]

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501 Deputy Enda Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount scheduled to be paid in overseas development aid by the State for the financial year 2009; the percentage as a proportion of GNP Irish aid stands at as a result of the April 2009 budget; the percentage decline in Irish aid as a proportion of GNP that has occurred since the financial year 2008; his justification for cutting Ireland’s ODA budget in view of the life-saving projects undertaken by Irish Aid agencies through ODA funding; if aid agencies have warned that ODA cuts could cost lives; if new percentage targets have been set within Irish Aid for Ireland’s ODA as a proportion of GNP for the financial years 2010 and 2011; if so, the nature of these targets; if he will provide a guarantee that Ireland will achieve its 0.7% goal by 2012; if not, if a statement will be made to the United Nations confirming that Ireland, for the second time, has broken its commitment to reach that percentage by a specified target year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/09]

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