Irish Aid

Irish Aid
Irish: Cúnamh Éireann

Iveagh House in Dublin, DFA headquarters
Agency overview
Formed1974
JurisdictionGovernment of Ireland
HeadquartersIveagh House, 80 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Riverstone House, 23-27 Henry Street, Limerick
Employees184 Irish Aid staff[1]
290 locally recruited staff[2]
Total: 474
Annual budget€870 million (2019 ODA)[3]
Agency executive
  • Ruairi De Burca[4], Director-General
Parent agencyDepartment of Foreign Affairs
Websitewww.irishaid.ie

Irish Aid (Irish: Cúnamh Éireann)[5] is the Government of Ireland's official international development aid programme. Irish Aid is managed by the Development Co-Operation and Africa Division (DCAD) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). According to the OECD, Ireland’s total ODA (USD 2.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022, mostly due to higher in-donor refugee costs and higher contributions to international organisations. ODA represented 0.64% of gross national income (GNI). [6] The Irish Aid programme is an integral part of Ireland's foreign policy.[7]

  1. ^ "Department of Foreign Affairs Decentralisation Programme". KildareStreet.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Management Review - Final Report" (PDF). Irish Aid/Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ODA_Report2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Organisational Structure". Irish Aid. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Cúnamh Éireann". An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ^ "OECD Development Co-operation Profiles". Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Irish Aid". Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade. Retrieved 15 January 2016.