‘Risk’ in control of €671m Irish Aid budget

A SHORTAGE of specialist staff has created an “unsustainable degree of risk” in the policing of Irish Aid’s €671m budget.

A report into the Limerick-based arm of the Department of Foreign Affairs said its location and Government policy had restricted the level of financial oversight.

This summer the audit committee of the Department of Foreign Affairs presented a report on how the overseas’ aid budget was managed and monitored.