Results 281-300 of 1,094 for speaker:Colm Brophy in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (21 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's budget allocation this year for Official Development Aid (ODA), also known as Irish Aid, is €868 million, an increase of €30 million on the 2020 allocation. Of this total, €571 million is allocated to the Department of Foreign Affairs. €159 million is accounted for by Ireland's share of the EU Development Cooperation Budget. The remaining €138...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (21 Jan 2021)

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 was €12.595 million. 529 applications for funding were...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's commitment to those in greatest need is well recognised. In 2020, for example, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) highlighted Ireland as "an excellent humanitarian partner", with its funding models "useful inspiration for other DAC donors", while respected international think-tank ODI found Ireland to be the most principled donor in its index, the second successive...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland remains deeply concerned by the ongoing armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the former regional authorities in Tigray, which began on 4 November. The conflict has had a devastating impact on the population of Tigray, and poses huge risks to the stability of the wider Horn of Africa region. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared the end of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 395 and 396 together. Ireland strongly condemns the violence and terror perpetrated by Boko Haram and Al Shabaab, including kidnapping of, and violence against, women and children. Ireland supports the EU, UN and other international efforts to reduce the influence of Boko Haram and Al Shabaab and to prevent their attacks, especially against civilians. Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland’s Embassy in Pretoria maintains continuous communication with Department of Foreign Affairs headquarters and senior officials. In line with established Department of Foreign Affairs reporting procedures, the Ambassador and Embassy team provide regular political and economic reports with respect to South Africa and all countries of secondary accreditation – Botswana,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's official development assistance (ODA) budget is €868 million, an increase of €30 million on last year. It is the seventh consecutive year of increase, as we continue to work toward our commitment of allocating 0.7% of GNI to development. The quality of our development programme remains world-class, as has been reiterated in a recent Peer Review of our development...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: My priority as Minister for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service, is maintained to the greatest extent possible so as to enable the Defence Forces to carry out their roles as assigned by Government, including overseas deployments. The Equipment Development Plan (EDP) published in June 2020, completed through extensive joint...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is fully supporting efforts by the international community, including as an EU Member State, to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. The Government quadrupled funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2020, given its role as lead UN agency for health and co-host of the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which has the COVAX facility as a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland remains deeply concerned by the ongoing armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the former regional authorities in Tigray, which began on 4 November. The conflict has had a devastating impact on the population of Tigray, and poses severe risks to the stability of the wider Horn of Africa region. Ireland is engaging directly as well as actively supporting the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is a longstanding development and humanitarian donor to Sudan. Since 2018, Ireland has provided over €12 million in humanitarian funding to Sudan. This funding is channelled through UN Agencies, international and Irish NGOs. This has enabled us to respond with the highest priority projects being implemented by the best placed responders. Since 2018, Ireland has also provided...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Since 2012, Ireland has provided over €168 million in humanitarian aid, including over €25 million provided in 2020, to those affected by the conflict in Syria and the region.  This is our largest ever response to any single crisis. Funding is provided through implementing organisations including non-governmental organisations, UN organisations and the International...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: The conflict in Yemen, which began in 2015, is the principal cause of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, affecting its capacity to address other serious problems such as flooding, cholera and COVID 19. Along with the UN and the EU, Ireland believes that the only way to bring about a long-term sustainable improvement in Yemen is through a negotiated end to the conflict. The UN has been warning...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland has a long history of engagement on Somalia, from our contribution to peacekeeping in the 1990s to today’s participation in EU civilian capacity building missions and support to humanitarian response. Over the next two years, Somalia will continue to undergo a fragile transition, and will face many peace and security challenges. Minister Coveney, along with officials from the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: My Department, through Irish Aid, oversees the Rapid Response Corps which is a central feature of Ireland’s humanitarian programme.  The most recent recruitment took place in 2018 and the Corps currently contains a large cohort of experienced personnel available to deploy at short notice in response to severe crises and emergencies.  In light of this, it is not envisaged that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: March 2021 will mark the tenth year of the Syrian conflict that has seen hundreds of thousands lose their lives, and over half the population flee their homes. More than 13 million people are in humanitarian need inside Syria and six million of these have been internally displaced. The war has also caused the biggest refugee movement from a single conflict in a generation, with almost seven...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: In Budget 2021 the Government allocated over €868 million for official development aid (ODA), an increase of four per cent on 2020. This also represents an increase in the proportion of GNI allocated to ODA, from 0.31 to 0.32% - a small but important progression towards the target of 0.7% by 2030.  This year the priority will be to ensure the effective use of the Irish Aid...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is playing its full part as member of the global health community to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. This includes supporting the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund, to develop, produce and equitably distribute effective technologies in the COVID-19 global response.  The vaccine roll-out effort will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is fully supporting efforts by the international community, including as an EU Member State, to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. The Government quadrupled funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2020, given its role as lead UN agency for health and co-host of the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which has the COVAX facility as a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 95 together. Ireland played a unique and central role in the process to agree Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Co-Chair in 2015, alongside Kenya, of the final UN intergovernmental negotiations. The SDG vision of a safer, more peaceful, equal and sustainable world is reflected in Ireland’s foreign policy and...