Allocating Ireland's official development assistance

The solid commitment and efforts of the government, backed by Irish taxpayers, to meet Ireland's ODA targets during a tough economic period is impressive. Ireland's ODA budget declined substantially following the last peer review and did not manage to reach 0.7% ODA/GNI by 2012. However, Ireland did meet its 2010 aid target of 0.51%. It remains committed to meet the 0.7% ODA/GNI target and can reinforce its credibility with respect to meeting this target by defining a plan and timeline. Ireland complies with DAC recommendations on aid. However, it could improve the timeliness and quality of its statistical reporting on aid to the OECD.