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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs administers an Election Observation Roster as part of Ireland’s commitment to supporting democratisation, human rights and the rule of law. The Roster facilitates the participation of suitably skilled and vetted volunteers who are available to participate at short notice in Election Observation Missions under the aegis of the Organisation for Security...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: It is the Deputy who should stop misleading people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: He should.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: Last month I visited the Horn of Africa and witnessed the severity of the humanitarian crisis devastating the region. The causes reflect interlocking global crises, of climate change, conflict, environmental degradation, unsustainable food systems, and, more recently, Covid 19, as well as rising food and fuel prices. I visited Nairobi and Turkana in Kenya, and Juba and Bentiu in South Sudan....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: The situation in Tigray and in other parts of northern Ethiopia remains of grave concern. The conflict in Ethiopia has had a devastating impact on civilians, with many killed or injured, and reports of widespread human rights violations. The report published last month by the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia presents further alarming details of the human...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's international development programme, Irish Aid, has a strong global reputation for quality and effectiveness. This reputation was reconfirmed in the 2020 OECD Peer Review of Ireland’s Development Assistance. Also in 2020, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a leading global development think tank, ranked Ireland as the number one donor in delivering principled aid in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together. In Budget 2023, the Government allocated a total of €1.22 billion for Official Development Assistance (ODA). This is the highest ever allocation, representing an increase of 17% on 2022. It includes an increase of €100 million for the international development programme administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: As an elected member of the UN Security Council since January 2021, Ireland has been a vocal and consistent advocate for urgent attention and action on global humanitarian crises.  We work closely with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, member states and a range of humanitarian actors, to shine a light on emerging humanitarian crises. We have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: Ireland works with the UN to monitor global crises continuously.  At the beginning of each year, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) sets out the needs in the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO). During the course of the year, OCHA compiles monthly updates to reflect the changing number and nature of crises, including the number of people in need...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: As an election member of the UN Security Council since January 2021, Ireland has been a vocal and consistent advocate for urgent attention and action on global humanitarian crises.  We lead by example, through our highly respected programme of humanitarian assistance. At the Security Council, Ireland has been to the fore in calling for principled responses to humanitarian crises across...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA), directed through multilateral and bilateral channels, is provided to countries and communities in greatest need. Our cross-government international development policy, A Better World, is underpinned by the commitment to reaching the furthest behind first.  The OECD Development Assistance Committee's latest peer review, in May 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: In Budget 2023, the Government allocated a total of €1.22 billion for Official Development Assistance (ODA).  This is the highest ever allocation, representing an increase of 17% on 2022.  It includes an increase of €100 million for the international development programme administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs.   In the context of serious budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (4 Oct 2022)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's current International Election Observation Roster of 197 volunteers, which is administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs, is in effect from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023. Roster members are available to participate at short notice in Election Observation Missions organised by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the EU. Recruitment of...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Brophy: I want to make reference, in the context of my portfolio, to the experience I had in the past month. I visited the Horn of Africa, in particular Kenya and South Sudan, and witnessed first-hand the absolute devastation that is happening there. People are at risk of famine of a scale we have not perhaps seen since the mid-1980s. People are currently dying. There were children suffering from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Brophy: In Budget 2023, the Government has made provision for the largest ever allocation to Official Development Assistance:  over €1.20 billion, an increase of 17% on the 2022 allocation. The overall increase of €177 million includes €100 million for Irish Aid in the Department of Foreign Affairs. 2022 was the first time Ireland’s development assistance budget...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (21 Sep 2022)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs administers and maintains a roster of suitably skilled volunteers, who are available to participate in international election observation missions organised by the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). These election observation missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy, human rights and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Sep 2022)

Colm Brophy: The Government is committed to achieving the UN Official Development Assistance (ODA) target of 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2030, as set out in A Better World, Ireland's International Development Policy, and in the Programme for Government. For 2022, the Government allocated €1.044 billion to ODA, a 20% increase on the 2021 allocation. This is the highest ever amount...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (14 Sep 2022)

Colm Brophy: The Horn of Africa is facing a rapidly deteriorating food security crisis, as a result of a four-season drought, protracted and new conflicts, and the global impact of the war in Ukraine. The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Irish Aid programme, has responded over the past eighteen months with over €74 million in direct humanitarian aid to countries in the region, working...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Brophy: Ireland has consistently expressed concern at the conflict and insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) during our term to date. Unfortunately, recent months have seen an increase in insecurity and violence in eastern DRC and a worrying escalation of tensions between the DRC and Rwanda. At the most recent discussion on the DRC...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (14 Jul 2022)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is a recognised champion of international food security and global efforts to reduce hunger. In light of the deepening global food security crisis, we are actively engaged in discussions on these matters at a range of EU fora. We are particularly concerned at the situation in least developed, and import-reliant developing countries, including in the Horn of Africa. These countries are...