IRELAND WILL ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE BUT

UNCLAS DUBLIN 001063 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID EFIN PREL SUBJECT: IRELAND WILL ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE BUT IS UNLIKELY TO MATCH PREVIOUS DONATION REF: A) STATE 151661 B) STATE 151861 ¶1. Emboff, drawing on reftels a and b, spoke on July 15 with Don Sexton, First Secretary in the Development Cooperation Division at the DFA. As Foreign Minister Brian Cowen is unavailable and Minister of State for Development Tom Kitt is currently in Darfur, Sexton stated the GOI plans to send a not yet named senior level official from the Irish Embassy in Washington, D.C. to the Haiti Donors' Conference. ¶2. In regard to reftel b, Sexton stated the GOI plans to work with other EU Member States in support of the IGOH. Sexton stated Ireland already contributed 500,000 euros in response to the civil crisis in Haiti and additional pledges will most likely be in line with pledges from other EU Member States while not exceeding its initial 500,000 euro donation. KENNY