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November 7th, 2012, 06:46 AM
http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-aid-mozambique-664000-Nov2012/ A DELEGATION OF three members of the Committee of Public Accounts will travel to Mozambique later this month as part of its examination of Irish Aid expenditure.
Their visit comes against the backdrop of the recent revelations concerning €4 million in aid money that went missing in Uganda. Yesterday, it was confirmed that the Ugandan government has committed to repaying the money, and that two senior government officials are on remand facing prosecution, while 17 have been suspended without pay while investigations continue.
The visit to Mozambique arises after the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Joe Costello TD, asked that the PAC visit one of the Irish Aid programme countries as part of the committee’s examination of the overseas development assistance. Expenditure in this area totalled €657 million in 2011.
Chairman of the committee, John McGuinness, TD, who will head the delegation, said today that the visit to Mozambique, which is Ireland’s largest programme country of development assistance, was timely.
We will not only be visiting the projects to evaluate the impact of the programmes but we will want to see, at first hand, the controls that govern how aid funding is spent.
The best way to get assurances that overview systems work is to follow the money trail and meet the key people who have responsibility for ensuring that this money is spent in accordance with the programme that is in place.
He added that as some of the money goes through government agencies, the delegation will also be meeting key players involved in the local audit regime and they will establish for themselves that risk management procedures are in place and that the systems of checks and balances are working.
The committee will present a report to the Dáil arising from its examination of the aid budget in Mozambique.
Read: Uganda commits to repaying €4m in misappropriated Irish Aid funds>
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Colm Ó Súiligh 16 hours ago #
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Gotta love the flag with the auld AK on it.
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Luke McDermott 16 hours ago #
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Oddly where a lot of the aid goes……
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Joe Stodge 15 hours ago #
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Being honest, I personally don’t trust any country with an ak47 on their flag.
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THE GRINDER 13 hours ago #
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Soldiers are we, Sine Fianna Fáil. We shouldn’t trust those who sing about using them in their anthem either maybe
Bill Ahessy 11 hours ago #
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Just came back from a month on Mozambique. It is economically one of the leading countries in Africa. There is poverty there but not famine or hunger. The government squanders much of the revenue and it is not divided equally among the north and the south. There is a huge influx of Chinese money due to gas discoveries in the North. Mozambique is a country rich in natural resources. Not sure why they receive so much aid from Ireland?
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Frank2521 15 hours ago #
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WE ARE BROKE.
Borrowing millions every week which we can’t afford to give to charities is insane when people are hungry in Ireland. Imagine what reception we would get asking for charity from countries who are in debt.
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Colm Ó Súiligh 14 hours ago #
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Nobody is going hungry in Ireland. To compare our relatively small difficulties to those of people in the third world is absolutely disgusting. Grow up.
Ciaran O Shea 13 hours ago #
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When I have a bit of extra cash in my pocket I often donate to a worthy cause. If I don’t then I can’t!!!
Ireland has no spare change. We’re even cutting essential services in Ireland!! The people who are in favour of maintaining foreign aid should forfeit their right to b*tch about cuts at home!! If you’re a home help, on welfare, civil servant, user of the health service, farmer or student in receipt of grants or anyone effected by cuts and you think Irish taxpayers money should still be sent abroad then don’t go moaning when you’re effected by cuts less than the amount wasted on foreign aid!!
Colm Ó Súiligh 13 hours ago #
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Hey, Ciarán. Cop on, mate. Banking debt is not the same as hunger. Budget cuts are not the same as food shortages.
Foreign aid is not a waste. We should be proud that we’re still giving.
David 12 hours ago #
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I just wish people would travel more and open their eyes to the world!
tom 4 hours ago #
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there is a lot of chrildren here offically living below the poverty line. while I agree there is no shortage of food in shops here doesn’t mean every child is well feed.
Dermot Purcell 2 hours ago #
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Colm are you for real the bottom feeders never recieve the money
Barbara Fowley 13 hours ago #
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Colm!!!!!! Maybe you should contact at Vincent de Paul because only for them their would be a lot of starvation in Ireland and also ppl out in the cold… We have homeless people out on our streets that are unable to change their lives and some children through no fault of their own somehow I don’t think they would agree with you
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Graham Quinn 13 hours ago #
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@colm “nobody is going hungry in Ireland ” ? . RIDICULOUS statement.
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Mozambiqueans, great bunch of lads..
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Nicky Power 12 hours ago #
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There are certainly many countries more in need of our aid than Mozambique. Surely Portugal and the Republic of South Africa should take the lions share of responsibility for it!
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Maria 16 hours ago #
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I bet they will find that Mozambique is the model recipient country.
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Scrap Croke Park1 15 hours ago #
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Dermot Purcell 2 hours ago #
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i wonder when all these african countries are up and running will they look favourly on us
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David Geraghty 15 hours ago #
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But it looks like a garden hoe and book on it aswell,so it’s not all that bad!
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Damian O'keeffe 14 hours ago #
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Hoe’s & guns?
They’re not all rappers are they?
Joe Stodge 14 hours ago #
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Rappers need bling, that’s where the money’s gone.
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Their visit comes against the backdrop of the recent revelations concerning €4 million in aid money that went missing in Uganda. Yesterday, it was confirmed that the Ugandan government has committed to repaying the money, and that two senior government officials are on remand facing prosecution, while 17 have been suspended without pay while investigations continue.
The visit to Mozambique arises after the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Joe Costello TD, asked that the PAC visit one of the Irish Aid programme countries as part of the committee’s examination of the overseas development assistance. Expenditure in this area totalled €657 million in 2011.
Chairman of the committee, John McGuinness, TD, who will head the delegation, said today that the visit to Mozambique, which is Ireland’s largest programme country of development assistance, was timely.
We will not only be visiting the projects to evaluate the impact of the programmes but we will want to see, at first hand, the controls that govern how aid funding is spent.
The best way to get assurances that overview systems work is to follow the money trail and meet the key people who have responsibility for ensuring that this money is spent in accordance with the programme that is in place.
He added that as some of the money goes through government agencies, the delegation will also be meeting key players involved in the local audit regime and they will establish for themselves that risk management procedures are in place and that the systems of checks and balances are working.
The committee will present a report to the Dáil arising from its examination of the aid budget in Mozambique.
Read: Uganda commits to repaying €4m in misappropriated Irish Aid funds>
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Colm Ó Súiligh 16 hours ago #
Report this comment 1 56
Gotta love the flag with the auld AK on it.
Reply
Luke McDermott 16 hours ago #
Report this comment 2 49
Oddly where a lot of the aid goes……
Reply
Joe Stodge 15 hours ago #
Report this comment 6 53
Being honest, I personally don’t trust any country with an ak47 on their flag.
Reply
THE GRINDER 13 hours ago #
Report this comment 16 9
Soldiers are we, Sine Fianna Fáil. We shouldn’t trust those who sing about using them in their anthem either maybe
Bill Ahessy 11 hours ago #
Report this comment 0 12
Just came back from a month on Mozambique. It is economically one of the leading countries in Africa. There is poverty there but not famine or hunger. The government squanders much of the revenue and it is not divided equally among the north and the south. There is a huge influx of Chinese money due to gas discoveries in the North. Mozambique is a country rich in natural resources. Not sure why they receive so much aid from Ireland?
Reply
Frank2521 15 hours ago #
Report this comment 15 54
WE ARE BROKE.
Borrowing millions every week which we can’t afford to give to charities is insane when people are hungry in Ireland. Imagine what reception we would get asking for charity from countries who are in debt.
Reply
Colm Ó Súiligh 14 hours ago #
Report this comment 64 25
Nobody is going hungry in Ireland. To compare our relatively small difficulties to those of people in the third world is absolutely disgusting. Grow up.
Ciaran O Shea 13 hours ago #
Report this comment 9 42
When I have a bit of extra cash in my pocket I often donate to a worthy cause. If I don’t then I can’t!!!
Ireland has no spare change. We’re even cutting essential services in Ireland!! The people who are in favour of maintaining foreign aid should forfeit their right to b*tch about cuts at home!! If you’re a home help, on welfare, civil servant, user of the health service, farmer or student in receipt of grants or anyone effected by cuts and you think Irish taxpayers money should still be sent abroad then don’t go moaning when you’re effected by cuts less than the amount wasted on foreign aid!!
Colm Ó Súiligh 13 hours ago #
Report this comment 33 19
Hey, Ciarán. Cop on, mate. Banking debt is not the same as hunger. Budget cuts are not the same as food shortages.
Foreign aid is not a waste. We should be proud that we’re still giving.
David 12 hours ago #
Report this comment 6 14
I just wish people would travel more and open their eyes to the world!
tom 4 hours ago #
Report this comment 0 1
there is a lot of chrildren here offically living below the poverty line. while I agree there is no shortage of food in shops here doesn’t mean every child is well feed.
Dermot Purcell 2 hours ago #
Report this comment 1 0
Colm are you for real the bottom feeders never recieve the money
Barbara Fowley 13 hours ago #
Report this comment 4 19
Colm!!!!!! Maybe you should contact at Vincent de Paul because only for them their would be a lot of starvation in Ireland and also ppl out in the cold… We have homeless people out on our streets that are unable to change their lives and some children through no fault of their own somehow I don’t think they would agree with you
Reply
Graham Quinn 13 hours ago #
Report this comment 6 22
@colm “nobody is going hungry in Ireland ” ? . RIDICULOUS statement.
Reply
14 hours ago #
Report this comment 3 14
Mozambiqueans, great bunch of lads..
Reply
Nicky Power 12 hours ago #
Report this comment 0 5
There are certainly many countries more in need of our aid than Mozambique. Surely Portugal and the Republic of South Africa should take the lions share of responsibility for it!
Reply
Maria 16 hours ago #
Report this comment 10 17
I bet they will find that Mozambique is the model recipient country.
Reply
Scrap Croke Park1 15 hours ago #
Report this comment 10 17
Junket
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Dermot Purcell 2 hours ago #
Report this comment 0 0
i wonder when all these african countries are up and running will they look favourly on us
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David Geraghty 15 hours ago #
Report this comment 8 5
But it looks like a garden hoe and book on it aswell,so it’s not all that bad!
Reply
Damian O'keeffe 14 hours ago #
Report this comment 1 39
Hoe’s & guns?
They’re not all rappers are they?
Joe Stodge 14 hours ago #
Report this comment 2 15
Rappers need bling, that’s where the money’s gone.
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