Am I Missing Something Here???

Degag

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake#Response_by_foreign_states

Basically i was reading about the Haiti Earthquake on Wikipedia and saw that Ireland was sending relief of €20 million. So out of interest i checked the other countries. I couldn't believe to see that no other country on the list (Where it stated a figure) came even close to the ammount we are sending, including the EU and Eoropean Powerhouses such as Germany.

I'm not sure if we are sending too much or everyone else too little but it seems ubsurd to send so much money when in the middle of a Recession compared to other countries in a similar or indeed better position than us.

Just to say:

1. I understand that Wikipedia may not be the most accurate of sources
2. The earthquake in Haiti is a terrible tragedy and we should try and do everything we can do to help but can we afford 20 million if other countries seemingly can't?
3. I know that other countries are sending food and other things other than money.

Tiny Explosions

It's all to do with karma, when we die we'll get it all back!:)

gavkm27

Well seeing as it just happened donations may not have been sorted by other countries just yet,it will in time and then wiki will update it,don't worry,there are big players than Ireland when it comes to donations,it looks good

CHD

€2M I think is the amount.

Reading the article is says China will send 60 people to help and $1M, fair play. Scabby arseholes.

OutlawPete

CHD wrote: »

€2M I think is the amount..

No, defo sending €20m.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/haiti.html

TomTom

Ahh the Irish Government, damned if they do, damned if they don't.

El Weirdo

OutlawPete wrote: »

No, defo sending €20m.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/haiti.html

It wouldn't surprise me if RTE used Wikipedia as their source.

OutlawPete

El Weirdo wrote: »

It wouldn't surprise me if RTE used Wikipedia as their source.

Was on the Six One news.

Michael Martin six minutes in.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1064043

Dave!

We're mad nice, we are !

I'll bet Haiti has nice gritted roads an' all !

Dr Strange

It did not exactly say that they provided €20 million to the Haiti disaster. It said Ireland paid €20 million already into the UN Emergency fund (the Central Emergency Response Fund: http://ochaonline.un.org/Default.aspx?alias=ochaonline.un.org/cerf). That fund is being paid into world-wide every year. Whilst the other countries listed in the RTÉ report actually provide money directly to Haiti apart from their payment into the UN fund there is nothing there saying what Ireland directly contributes.

Here is the list of donors to the CERF fund and their annual payments. As you can see, for example, the UK top all other countries in paying into the fund:

http://ochaonline.un.org/cerf/Donors/Donors/tabid/5370/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Podman

Isn't there some minister going over there to "have a look" aswel? PR at the taxpayer's expense too I'll bet.
It's obvious what the Haitians need; food, water, blankets, medicine, skittles for the kids. My heart goes out to them.
So what is the Minister bringing? A camera crew, a gin & tonic and a magazine for the plane.

Bandit12

Yeah seems like it's true. They need it more than we do. China and the rest should be ashamed of themselves.

pickarooney

Is there any amount of money that could improve Haiti's lot? Apart from the socio-economic factors, the earthquakes, hurricanes and tidal waves make it a write-off of a country.

banquo

Indo says 2m, then 4m, then 3.5 million. Over various pages. At least wiki is consistent.

suitseir

Degag wrote: »

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake#Response_by_foreign_states

Basically i was reading about the Haiti Earthquake on Wikipedia and saw that Ireland was sending relief of €20 million. So out of interest i checked the other countries. I couldn't believe to see that no other country on the list (Where it stated a figure) came even close to the ammount we are sending, including the EU and Eoropean Powerhouses such as Germany.

I'm not sure if we are sending too much or everyone else too little but it seems ubsurd to send so much money when in the middle of a Recession compared to other countries in a similar or indeed better position than us.

Just to say:

1. I understand that Wikipedia may not be the most accurate of sources
2. The earthquake in Haiti is a terrible tragedy and we should try and do everything we can do to help but can we afford 20 million if other countries seemingly can't?
3. I know that other countries are sending food and other things other than money.

No its 2million......

monkeypants

We could send water if we had any.

MIN2511

So 100,000 people have died and all ye are talking about is how much money the country is sending?

I know these are hard times but this money will help save lifes... It could be Ireland with an earthquake.

Podman

MIN2511 wrote: »

So 100,000 people have died and all ye are talking about is how much money the country is sending?

I know these are hard times but this money will help save lifes... It could be Ireland with an earthquake.

It shouldn't be money that decides how many people are saved, it's a sad reflection of the world's priority.

Earthquakes are terrible, so many people dying is tragic, really.

But, I don't know how much more tragedy Ireland can actually deal with.. aswell as it's own floods, ice, broken economy, ailing health system, and corruption & greed all the way to the top, you can't even eat your dinner without looking at famine on tv, or having yet another civil liberty pushed down to the bottom of the box.

Banks run the world, and it's the poor who pay.

hooradiation

Degag wrote: »

I'm not sure if we are sending too much or everyone else too little but it seems ubsurd to send so much money when in the middle of a Recession compared to other countries in a similar or indeed better position than us.

Haiti just had the shit kicked out of it by a powerful earthquake, we're in a recession we caused by most of us being fucking stupid with money.

So, yeah, even if it were 20Million it's still not absurd, cruel acts of god come well above self inflicted wounds in the general scheme of things.

petes

Fcuk that. Send as much as possible. I know I will be.