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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (5 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland remains 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 wider Horn of Africa region. Ireland continues to maintain the Security Council’s attention on Ethiopia, brokering a press statement on the situation in Tigray on 22 April - the first time the Council has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (5 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 343 and 344 together. My Department publishes a report on Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme, known as Irish Aid, each year. The report includes statistical information on programme expenditure in a series of annexes which clearly show the distribution of aid, including the amounts given to developing countries, and the amounts allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Colm Brophy: Question Number 774 of 24 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 channelled to directly finance COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX. The COVAX mechanism is beginning to deliver results, with over 38 million vaccines already delivered to 106...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (31 Mar 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, whose recommendations are being considered by the relevant Government Departments. Ireland is fully supporting efforts by the international community to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. The Government...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is fully supporting efforts by the international community to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines, and other COVID-related technologies.  Consideration of C-TAP touches on stakeholder relationships managed by other Government Departments, including the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Department of Health and Department of Further and Higher...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (24 Mar 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Government is committed to achieving the UN Official Development Assistance target of 0.7% of GNI by 2030, as set out in A Better World, Ireland's International Development policy, and re-iterated in the Programme for Government. It is important that we do so in a responsible way. Ireland's development programme has a strong global reputation and our ambition to meet this important target...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (24 Mar 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is fully supporting efforts by the international community 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 centrepiece. The Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Brophy: With a record 235 million people currently needing humanitarian assistance and protection, or one in 33 people worldwide, humanitarian agencies are seeking new ways to collaborate and increase efficiency and impact. Responding to this imperative, the Irish Emergency Alliance (IEA) was launched in September 2020. It comprises seven non-governmental organisations that work in fragile...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Policy (11 Mar 2021)

Colm Brophy: Delivering on a commitment in the Programme for Government, a dedicated Climate Unit was established last autumn in the Development Cooperation and Africa Division in my Department. The establishment of the Climate Unit will facilitate a more holistic and effective Irish engagement on global climate issues, and guide the process now underway of doubling the proportion of Irish Official...

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

Colm Brophy: Development education is an integral part of the Irish Aid programme, Ireland’s Official Development Aid programme managed in large part by the Department of Foreign Affairs, but which engages many Departments across Government, the education system and civil society. Development education contributes to an active Irish public, engaged and well-informed on issues which impact on...

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

Colm Brophy: Each year the Department of Foreign Affairs' Ireland Fellows Programme offers promising individuals from ODA-eligible partner countries opportunities to study for a master’s qualification at an Irish University or Institute of Technology. The programme is intended to nurture future leaders; to develop in-country capacity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; and to build...

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

Colm Brophy: A Better World, Ireland’s policy for international development was launched in February 2019. It provides the framework for Ireland’s development cooperation in the decade ahead and represents a step change in our approach, bringing together our development cooperation and diplomacy for optimum impact. In the two years since the policy was launched, there has been notable...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...

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

Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...