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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is an important partner for Ireland and we will provide €4.5 million in unearmarked core funding this year. This is an increase of €500,000 on last year's core funding to UNFPA. Ireland also provides bilateral funding to UNFPA through our Embassies and their development programmes on the ground. In 2022, Embassies funded UNFPA work in Ethiopia,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: Before I respond to the Senator, I wish to put on record the fact that a phenomenal number of passports were issued by the passport service last year because demand was unprecedented. I expect demand this year will be equally as strong. I visited some of the staff in the service along with the call centre in Limerick recently where 48 people are worked flat out answering calls. On the day...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Senator for the reasonable point he has made. The issue of security has, in a way, trumped the valid points he makes. One can also understand and appreciate cases, and I am sure we all know of such cases, where parents fall out and they have been through courts and through separation. Perhaps one parent is not allowed to have access to his or her own son or daughter, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Department of Foreign Affairs maintains and administers a voluntary roster of suitably skilled and vetted individuals who are available to participate at short notice in election observation missions, organised by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union (EU). The current Election Observation Roster was established for a period of five years,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government has provided €10 million in emergency assistance for the victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. This package of support includes over 130 tonnes of emergency supplies of tents, thermal blankets, solar lamps, hygiene kits, kitchen sets and water jerry cans, worth almost €1 million. This shipment did not include medical supplies. The response...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a significant and ambitious framework, adopted by the world's leaders at the UN in 2015. The Government has taken a whole-of-Government approach to its implementation. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the SDGs, 2022 – 2024, was published in October 2022. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government's international development policy, A Better World, was launched in 2019 and includes a commitment to the development of an initiative on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The Department expects to launch this initiative in the second half of this year. Access to health services, including access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide retinal screening facilities in locations in County Laois (details supplied); if not, if he will consider same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12010/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: She has changed roles.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: United Nations (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government is deeply concerned by the continued threat posed by terrorism and violent extremism to peace and security around the world, including on the African continent. The recent UN report referred to by the Deputy makes the case clearly that terrorism and violent extremism, in addition to destroying lives, undermines development gains and threatens to hold back progress for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: United Nations (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: Regarding the Sahel region and western Africa, I visited Senegal with the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, earlier this year. It was a very productive visit in terms of his and our relationship with the 34 African nations represented at that meeting. We have a very strong record of supporting development work in the Horn of Africa and dealing with the humanitarian challenges in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The question of entitlement to UK pensions is a matter for the UK authorities and it would not be appropriate for the Irish authorities to advise individuals on such issues. My Department does, however, support, under the Emigrant Support Programme, Irish community organisations in the UK who provide assistance and advice to Irish people on issues such as this. My Department also...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91, 92 and 106 together. The Government has provided €10 million in emergency assistance for the victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. This package of support includes over 235 tonnes of emergency supplies of tents, thermal blankets, solar lamps, hygiene kits, kitchen sets and water jerry cans, worth €1.4 million. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The world is facing a global food affecting hundreds of millions of vulnerable people. It has been driven by climate change, conflict, and the continuing impact of COVID-19, and has been exacerbated by Russia’s war against Ukraine. Ireland has been a long-standing champion of efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition. Our policy approach is firmly rooted in the knowledge of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Programmes (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government believes that education is a human right, and that it is fundamental to sustainable development. Through our international development programme, Ireland supports the strengthening of education systems, and focuses in particular on education in emergencies and on girls’ education. The Government's international development policy, A Better World, commits to scaling up...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government's current Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025 pledges to monitor barriers to returning emigrants and undertakes to adopt measures to remove them where possible, as well as to improve the provision of information to our communities abroad on returning to Ireland. To this end, my Department engages on an ongoing basis with other Government Departments and agencies as well as with a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a comprehensive and ambitious framework for global development. Its implementation requires a whole-of-Government approach. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the SDGs, 2022 – 2024, was published in October 2022. It was developed by the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Department of Foreign Affairs is committed to the promotion of best practice in international volunteering and actively participates in the implementation of the National Volunteering Strategy. The promotion of ethical and skills based international volunteering is one of the five high-level objectives of this strategy and the Department chairs the relevant implementation sub-group. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is an important partner for Ireland's. international development programme. We will provide €4.5 million in unearmarked core funding to UNFPA in 2023, an increase of €500,000 on last year's core funding. Ireland also provides bilateral funding to UNFPA through our Embassies and their development programmes on the ground. In 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 552 and 555 together. The devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria in February have left over 50,000 dead and millions homeless. The UN estimates that the earthquakes have affected 26 million people across both countries, including people in Northwest Syria who are already extremely vulnerable after over a decade of armed conflict. On 10...