Enda Kenny promises 0.7% of GNP for overseas aid

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has pledged to allocate 0.7% of gross national product (GNP) to overseas development aid as part of a United Nations target.

Mr Kenny also told a gathering of world leaders in New York yesterday that Ireland would do its best to respond to the refugee crisis.

Addressing the UN summit on sustainable development in New York, Mr Kenny said Ireland’s development aid programme would remain central to Irish foreign policy.