US embassy cable - 05DUBLIN822

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IRISH RESPONSE TO POLIO DEMARCHE

Identifier: 05DUBLIN822
Wikileaks: View 05DUBLIN822 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Dublin
Created: 2005-07-01 12:16:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: KSCA TBIO WHO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS DUBLIN 000822 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KSCA, TBIO, WHO 
SUBJECT: IRISH RESPONSE TO POLIO DEMARCHE 
 
REF: STATE 118559 
 
On June 27, Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the 
Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) to David Weakliam, Health 
Development Specialist with Development Corporation Ireland 
(DCI, the USAID-equivalent agency within the Department of 
Foreign Affairs.)  On July 1, Weakliam informed Post that, on 
June 30, Minister of State for Development Cooperation and 
Human Rights, Conor Lenihan, had approved an immediate 
allocation of euro 500,000 to WHO for PEI.  Weakliam noted 
that the GOI saw polio eradication as a priority and would 
consider the possibility of further allocations later in the 
year when additional budgetary funds for DCI became 
available.  He added that the UK Government had also 
contacted the GOI recently for PEI contributions, a request 
that, combined with the USG demarche, had given DCI more 
impetus to make the allocation. 
KENNY 

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