Irish Aid
| Irish: Cúnamh Éireann | |
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.jpg) Iveagh House in Dublin, DFA headquarters |
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| Formed | 1974 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Ireland |
| Headquarters |
Iveagh House, 80 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 Riverstone House, 23-27 Henry Street, Limerick |
| Employees | 184 Irish Aid staff 290 locally recruited staff Total: 474 |
| Annual budget | €651 million (2017 ODA) |
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| Parent agency | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Website | www |
Irish Aid (Irish: Cúnamh Éireann) is the Government of Ireland's official agency for international development. Irish Aid is a division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFA) and is managed by its Development Co-Operation Division (DCD). The Irish Government allocated €651 million to official development assistance (ODA) in 2017, mainly focused on overseas aid to reduce poverty and hunger, and to improve education, healthcare and governance in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Irish Aid is an integral part of Ireland's foreign policy.
Ireland works towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals as set out by the United Nations. Accordingly, Irish Aid's priority areas are; Ending Poverty, Hunger, Gender Equality, Environment and Climate Change, Health, HIV/AIDS, Governance and Human Rights, Education, Trade and Economic Growth, Agriculture, Water and Sanitation.
Irish Aid also responds to humanitarian crisis around the world, including locations not in their area of operations, through humanitarian relief/assistance and supporting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with multilateral aid. The Irish Aid Rapid Response Corps (RRC) is a team of highly skilled and experienced professionals available to deploy at short notice to humanitarian emergencies anywhere in the world, working with the UNHCR, WFP, OCHA and UNICEF to identify and fill specific skills gaps in emergencies.
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