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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...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 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 centerpiece....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs enables participation in a range of overseas deployment opportunities for suitably qualified and vetted volunteers, typically involving placement with, or by, third party organisations,facilitated by the Department through a range of rosters, registers, initiatives and programmes, including the Election Observation Roster and the Rapid Response Corps. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 379 together. 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's international climate finance expenditure is calculated on an annual basis in a retrospective process coordinated by my Department with inputs from the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, the Department of Finance and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The 2019 Report is being finalised with a view to publication during February, and will detail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: 627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to amend section 252 of the Children’s Act 2001 to allow the courts discretion in the naming of children who have been the victims of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: The ongoing armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the former regional authorities in Tigray, which began on 4 November, remains a major concern for Ireland. 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. Since the outbreak of hostilities in Tigray, there have been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (17 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 centerpiece....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Department's Evaluation and Audit Unit, which is independent and reports directly to the Secretary General and to the Department's external Audit Committee, recently completed a review of the Election Observation Roster as part of the standard, Department-wide approach of reviewing our procedures and working practices. The Evaluation and Audit Unit consulted the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: While the World Health Organisation is leading the multilateral system response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Security Council has a role to play in addressing the potential threats to international peace and security arising from the pandemic. This is recognised in Security Council Resolution 2532 adopted last July. The Minister for Foreign Affairs participated in a meeting of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Programmes (26 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: I thank Senator Black for raising this important matter. Ensuring there are vaccines and that they can be distributed equitably has been at the centre of Ireland's global public health and development assistance responses to the pandemic. The development of vaccines has been remarkably fast. However, the vaccine roll out is complex, as we are aware, with countries at different stages of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Programmes (26 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Senator again for her contribution and for raising the matter. It is important to put on record that we are engaging with COVAX all the time. COVAX falls within my area and I am constantly engaging with them on vaccine distribution in a general context. I fully take on board the importance of fair and equitable access, particularly for Palestinians. COVAX also has to operate...

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

Colm Brophy: Ireland is providing full support to the international community, including as an EU Member State, to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. In 2020, Irish funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) quadrupled in recognition of 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 centrepiece....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (3 Mar 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Department's Evaluation and Audit Unit, which is independent and reports directly to the Secretary General, recently completed a review of the Election Observation Roster as part of the standard Department-wide approach of reviewing corporate performance, governance, risk management and internal controls. The report finds that the Irish system for election monitoring is robust and...