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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (13 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Great Green Wall is a Pan-African initiative to restore and sustainably manage land in the Sahel-Saharan region, covering more than 20 African countries. The intervention zone dedicated to the Great Green Wall spans a length of at least 7000 km between Senegal and Djibouti and is home to some 232 million people. To reach its targets the initiative needs to rehabilitate 8.2 million...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (13 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Breast ironing is a form of gender based violence (GBV) and is one of many harmful practices suffered by millions of women and girls globally. Practices such as this, as highlighted by a recent UNFPA report, must be tackled to achieve gender equality. The report highlighted the importance of tackling the root causes, in particular gender-biased norms in society, and the need to invest in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Negotiations (13 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union (FAC) has yet to deliberate on measures to deter carbon offshoring. The FAC is due to discuss the issue of Climate and Energy Diplomacy on 25 January and Council Conclusions are currently under negotiation. Following adoption of the Council Conclusions on the 25 January we can then look forward to presentation by the Commission of a proposal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: In 2019 the Department of Foreign Affairs disbursed €71,327,000 for climate adaptation and climate mitigation activities from the Department's budget for Official Development Assistance. This was a significant increase on the €64,754,000 finance disbursed by the Department in 2018, demonstrating a continued positive trend towards Government's commitment to double the percentage...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (13 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Development cooperation needs to be people-centred and respond to national priorities. Promoting national ownership is one of the key principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. Ireland believes that national ownership is essential to the success of development, especially in reaching the furthest behind first. Ireland also recognises that Parliaments have a critical role...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (20 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs publishes the Irish Aid Annual Report on Ireland's Official Development Assistance, which includes statistical annexes based on material provided by a number of Government Departments and the Revenue Commissioners, in addition to that generated by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Prior to publication, draft statistical returns are run by the relevant OECD...

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...

An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2018: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: Dáil Éireann resolves that the Thirty-Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018 be deemed to be read a second time this day eighteen months, to allow for greater analysis of the complex issues concerned and for such considerations to be taken into...

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...