Results 281-300 of 1,093 for speaker:Colm Brophy in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (18 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 413 and 425 together. Most of the issues raised in these questions have been comprehensively addressed in the answer to Question 777 of 24 March 2021. The budget for overseas election observation in 2021 is €180,000, of which €4,616 has been disbursed to date, reflecting standard insurance costs for this budget line.  Given the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416 and 417 together. The United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious cross-Government policy agenda coordinated by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC). Within the national coordination structures for delivery of the SDGs, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (13 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267, 268 and 269 together. The Government's policy on international development, A Better World, attaches a high priority to gender equality. That is why Ireland is the 14th largest core contributor to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the 24th largest contributor overall - supporting UNFPA's vital work in promoting universal access to health...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 81 together. Minister Coveney covered some of these issues in an earlier reply, but for the record I would also stress my serious concern about the ongoing conflict in Tigray, which has seen many people killed, injured, and displaced, and which is feeding into instability across the Horn of Africa region. Minister Coveney Ireland set out the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: My Department continues to support global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the €50 million in Irish Aid funding to global health in 2021, €5 million is channeled to direct support to COVID-19 vaccination, including through COVAX. The COVAX mechanism is beginning to deliver results, with over 53 million vaccines already delivered to 121 participant countries. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Constitutional Amendments (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Government is committed to holding a referendum on extending the franchise at Presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the State as set out in the Programme for Government and affirmed in new Diaspora Strategy which was launched in November last year. To this end the Government restored the Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019 to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 116 together. We have all seen the rapidly deteriorating situation in India as a result of the COVID-19 surge. Avoidable deaths have resulted from an acute oxygen shortage. In response, Ireland - with Irish Aid officials in my Department working in partnership with colleagues in the Departments of Health and Housing, and also the HSE - has made an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is fully involved in efforts by the global health community to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for developing countries. The World Health Organisation has established a coordination and oversight mechanism, in the form of the ACT - Accelerator, and is working with other global health bodies on response. COVAX, the vaccine access pillar forms a key part of the ACT-A....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia has been the cause of escalating tension between Ethiopia on the one hand, and Sudan and Egypt on the other. Intertwined with other challenges in the Horn of Africa, resolution of the GERD dispute is vital for regional peace and security. As a Member of the Security Council, and given our friendly relations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I would like to thank the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence for their recent 'Report on the Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries', the recommendations of which are being considered across relevant Government Departments. Ireland is fully engaged in efforts by the international community to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (11 May 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: My Department continues to support global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the €50 million in Irish Aid funding to global health in 2021, €5 million is channeled to direct support to COVID-19 vaccination, including through COVAX. COVAX has secured options on 3.56 billion doses of vaccines and is beginning to deliver results, with over 54 million COVID-19 vaccines...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland has shown strong leadership in international climate finance, principally through my Department's Official Development Assistance programme, more widely known as Irish Aid. In 2019, Ireland spent over €93 million on international climate action. The Department of Foreign Affairs provided the largest proportion of this, spending over €71 million on climate action. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: Promoting national ownership is one of the key principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, which underpin my Department's approach to development cooperation through the Irish Aid programme. National Parliaments have an important role in the agreement and scrutiny of national development programmes and associated poverty reduction strategies. Irish Aid programmes in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I remain deeply concerned by the ongoing conflict in Tigray, which has seen many people killed, injured, and displaced, and which is feeding into instability across the Horn of Africa region. Notwithstanding some improvement in humanitarian access, the humanitarian situation continues to be concerning, in particular the situation of internally displaced persons. There are allegations of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs provides funding to a range of non-governmental organisations through a series of grant schemes dedicated to delivering on the Government's priorities at home and abroad. These include support for international development overseas, development education in Ireland, reconciliation on the island of Ireland, emigrant support and information on the European...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I am deeply concerned by the impact of COVID-19 on the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and our partner countries elsewhere in the world and welcome all efforts to advance equitable access to vaccines. Ireland is playing its full part as member of the global health community to ensure fair access to vaccines for all and is a member of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA), directed through multilateral and bilateral channels, is directed to countries and people who are in greatest need. A Better World, Ireland's international development policy, re-emphasizes this approach throughout with an overarching principle to reach those that are furthest behind first, as well as achieving the core objective of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Terrorism (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland strongly condemns the violence and terror perpetrated by Boko Haram and Al Shabaab. 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 and humanitarian workers and facilities. Ireland continues to monitor the activities of these groups and to assist populations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: The response to question No. 540 of 31 March refers. My Department continues to support global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the €50 million in Irish Aid funding to global health in 2021, €5 million is channeled to direct support to COVID-19 vaccination, including through COVAX. The COVAX mechanism is beginning to deliver results, with over 49 million vaccines...