Results 201-220 of 1,094 for speaker:Colm Brophy in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: United Nations (9 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is a longstanding supporter of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which provides essential services to 5.6 million registered Palestine refugees, 1.4 million of whom are in Gaza. In the context of the challenge posed by the COVID 19 pandemic, UNRWA's work in providing vital services including education, healthcare and humanitarian relief...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (15 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 370 together. I refer the Deputy to my responses to Questions No. 338 and No. 342 of 21 July, as well as to Question No. 453 of 8 September, in which detailed information was provided on the current membership of roster of volunteers for election observation missions. Ireland does not require volunteers selected for the election observer roster...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (17 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) provides funding to non-profit organisations and projects to support our most vulnerable emigrants overseas, to strengthen Irish communities abroad and to facilitate the development of closer and more strategic links between Ireland and the global Irish. The budget for the programme in 2020 is €12.595 million and is a demonstration of the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: I am deeply saddened by the fire at the Moria camp on Lesbos and the impact this has had on the refugees and migrants based at the camp. The very sudden displacement of thousands of people has caused great individual suffering and created a major humanitarian emergency. It is also posing a very serious logistical challenge for the Greek authorities in the midst of the COVID pandemic. My...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: Sudan is facing its worst flooding in three decades.  Weeks of heavy rains have critically affected more than 730,000 Sudanese people.  Sadly, at least 100 people have lost their lives.  The Transitional Government of Sudan declared a national state of emergency on 4 September.  Ireland has provided development and humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: I am deeply saddened by the fire at the Moria camp on Lesbos and the impact this has had on the refugees and migrants based at the camp. It is a relief that there are no reported deaths or injuries, but the very sudden displacement of thousands of people has caused great suffering and created a major humanitarian emergency as well as posing a huge logistical challenge for the Greek...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: With the outbreak of the current pandemic, the Government undertook a targeted communications strategy to provide support, reassurance and connectedness to the Global Irish. This initiative was led by my Department and supported through our Mission network. In addition, support was directed through a new Covid-19 Response Fund to Irish frontline welfare organisations around the world to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: Mozambique is among the world’s poorest countries, ranked 180thof 189 countries in the 2019 United Nations Human Development Index. Approximately 62 per cent of the population lives below the income poverty line of $1.90 a day and average life expectancy is 60 years. Ireland established a development cooperation programme in Mozambique in 1996, with a mandate to provide humanitarian...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland recognises that the Palestinian people are particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, a vulnerability that is closely linked to an overburdened healthcare system, and civilian populations suffering from insecurity, displacement, conflict and poverty. The most recent data available from the WHO records a total of 50,115 cases in the occupied Palestine territories, with 360...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: The people of Yemen continue to be confronted with multiple threats to their lives and livelihoods. In addition to the prolonged conflict and the resulting humanitarian crisis, they are now facing a health emergency caused by Covid-19. The underlying cause of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is armed conflict. Along with the UN and the EU, Ireland believes that the only way to bring about...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: A Better World, Ireland's international development policy, sets out the Government's commitment to alleviating poverty and reaching the furthest behind first. Ireland works with a variety of partners in order to reach those in greatest need. Ireland, as an EU Member State and, also, working through the United Nations and other multilateral agencies is able to match financial investment...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Development cooperation is an essential element of Ireland’s foreign policy and national presence overseas, enabling us to respond to complex human needs and humanitarian crises around the world. In the Programme for Government, the Government committed to making incremental, sustainable progress towards achieving the UN target of 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to Official...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs continues to advise against non-essential travel to most overseas destinations due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is based on official public health advice and is in place to protect people's well-being, which is our first priority. In the case of election observation missions in particular, the risks posed by overseas travel at this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's international development policy, A Better World, has as its overarching objective the commitment to reach the furthest behind first. Peer Reviews by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) have consistently found Ireland's development cooperation to be of the highest quality, commending our poverty focus and commitment to Least Developed Countries. Ireland works with a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's development cooperation has maintained a strong reputation for targeting and delivering support to countries and communities in greatest need across the globe. Our Official Development Assistance (ODA) is delivered with, and through, a wide range of bilateral and multilateral partners. The OECD Development Assistance Committee's recent peer review (May 2020) found that Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland condemns the acts of violence and terror perpetrated by Boko Haram and Al Shabaab. Ireland supports the EU, UN and other international efforts to reduce the influence of Boko Haram and Al Shabaab in the region and to prevent their attacks, especially against civilians. The UN is active in working to undermine the influence and impact of Al Shabaab and Boko Haram. The UN continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: I am deeply concerned by the prolonged and complex crisis in Zimbabwe, where growing political and economic challenges and spiralling humanitarian needs have been exacerbated by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am particularly concerned by the recent and significant escalation in reported human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. The arrest and prolonged pretrial detention of journalist...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Launched in April 2020, the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, is a ground-breaking global collaboration to accelerate development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT Accelerator brings together governments, scientists, businesses, civil society, and philanthropists and global health organizations. Ireland is broadly in support...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: The serious and ongoing deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, where a violent insurgency has been underway since 2017, is of grave concern. Ireland is closely monitoring the situation through our Embassy in Mozambique, from where we are providing significant humanitarian assistance to those impacted by violence, including up to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (13 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: The Government is firmly committed to growing Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme. In 'Our Shared Future', the Programme for Government, the Government committed to making incremental, sustainable progress towards achieving the UN target of 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to ODA by 2030. In making this commitment, the Government recognised that reaching 0.7% would...