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Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: There has been 6% growth.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: That is a weak response to a budget.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: This from Fianna Fáil.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: Yesterday, the Government demonstrated the seriousness of our commitment to international development as a core element of Ireland's foreign policy. Having stabilised funding for the Irish Aid programme over the past four very difficult years, we have now provided for the first substantial increase in official development assistance in seven years. It is hugely significant that we are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (14 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a roster of individuals who are available to participate in election observation missions organised in the main by the OSCE and the EU. The roster was established following a call for applications in May 2013, and it will operate until 2018.A full list of the observers who have served on election missions in 2014 and to date in 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: At the end of September, the Taoiseach led the Irish delegation at the UN Summit in New York which adopted a new global development agenda, with a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are universally applicable and will guide the actions of all countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger and achieve sustainable development over the next fifteen years. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: For generations, Irish citizens have played a key role in overseas development work throughout the developing world. In particular, the role of thousands of Irish missionaries in Africa, over a long period of time and in extraordinarily challenging circumstances, deserves special mention. Irish people continue to play a critical role in the fight to eliminate poverty, hunger and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (21 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: On Budget day last week the Government announced the first substantial increase in the aid budget in over seven years. For 2016, we have provided a total of over €640 million in Official Development Assistant (ODA), an increase of €40 million, or almost 7% on the 2015 level. €486 million will be managed by my Department through Vote 27 International Cooperation –...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: I propose to take Questions Nos. 306 and 308 together. The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme, which is at the heart of our foreign policy. One World, One Future”, our policy for international development, clearly articulates the Government’s commitment to the UN target of providing 0.7% of Gross National Product (GNP) for Official...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Sherlock: As Minister of State with responsibility for Ireland’s Official Development Assistance, I am keenly aware of the need for a high level of assurance that our development assistance reaches its intended beneficiaries, and makes a real difference in the lives of the poorest people. Ireland’s Policy for International Development, One World, One Future, makes clear our commitment to...

Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme and to its place at the heart of our foreign policy. “One World, One Future”, our policy for international development, clearly articulates the Government’s commitment to the UN target of providing 0.7% of GNP for official development assistance, ODA. This commitment was reiterated by the...

Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: We continue to maintain a very strong relationship with the NGOs, which are partly funded by the taxpayer through Irish Aid. The issue the UN and the multilateral organisations are trying to grapple with at present is the major challenge of how, globally, governments are going to be able to fund the commitment into the future. To answer the Deputy's question, one of the issues we are now...

Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: We would openly encourage organisations to interact with each other. We would really like to see a greater degree of consolidation of effort and we do not want to see any duplication of effort. Irish Aid has a track record, through its relationships with organisations like GOAL, of providing the seed funding that then allows GOAL to leverage the opportunities, such as in its response in...

Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Tánaiste for sharing her time. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan will set out to the House the developments regarding the all-party talks in Belfast in which he and I have been involved over the past several weeks. Beyond the talks, the work to deliver a reconciled and peaceful Northern Ireland as part of a prosperous and inclusive island of Ireland continues every day...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: For 2016, the Government has provided a total of over €640 million in ODA (Official Development Assistance), an increase of €40 million, or almost 7%, on the 2015. This is the first increase in the aid budget for seven years. Of the total, €486 million will be allocated to my Department for the Irish Aid programme. A further estimated €155 million will be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: “One World, One Future” our policy for international development, sets out our vision for a sustainable and just world, and reaffirms our commitment to the UN target of providing 0.7% of Gross National Product (GNP) on Official Development Assistance (ODA). The Taoiseach repeated the commitment when he addressed the United Nations in New York in September at the Summit to adopt...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: I propose to take Questions Nos. 862, 868 and 874 together. The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme, which is at the heart of our foreign policy. "One World, One Future", our policy for international development, clearly articulates the Government's commitment to the UN target of providing 0.7% of Gross National Product (GNP) for Official...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: I propose to take Questions Nos. 902 and 905 together. The world is currently facing an unprecedented level of humanitarian crisis, and the appeals for assistance continue to outpace the international community’s capacity to respond. Almost 60 million people are now displaced globally, half of them children, and the great majority of them living in situations of conflict. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (17 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: Ireland has had a long-standing engagement with Ethiopia, one of our seven Key Partner Countries in sub-Saharan African. This year alone we have provided over €26 million through our bilateral aid programme to address poverty, vulnerability and hunger in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is currently experiencing one of the worst droughts in almost 30 years, as highlighted by the report from the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Partnership Agreements: Motions (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chairman for his expression of congratulations. I will be sure to convey the message to the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and the team involved in the talks at Stormont House. I am joined by Ms Dympna Hayes and Ms Mary Barrett from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ms Lorraine Benson from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. If there are any...