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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (18 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recognises the specific skill sets and expertise of civil society and the vital contribution that civil society makes across development co-operation overseas. Ireland has long been the OECD DAC, Development Assistance Committee, member which provides the greatest percentage of bilateral overseas development aid, ODA, to and through civil society...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I am aware of the current political and military situation in Cameroon. I met the Cameroon Minister for Education in February, when we discussed the situation in his country. The escalation of violence in its southwest is the most pressing threat to political stability in Cameroon. I am particularly concerned by reports of violence against civilians. I believe that constructive...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Rapid Response Initiative (7 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49 to 53, inclusive, together. Under Ireland’s Rapid Response Initiative, highly skilled and experienced individuals from a Rapid Response Corps, managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, can be rostered to provide short notice surge capacity to four UN partner organisations. A Rapid Response Strategy was developed in 2015 and governs...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (7 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 70 together. I refer the Deputy to the responses to previous parliamentary questions on these matters, Questions 103 and 104 of 24 July 2018, Questions 57 and 58 of 03 July 2018, Question 107 of 24 April 2018, Question 16 of 25 January 2018. International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (7 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. We aim to ensure that, when requested, Ireland is represented at an appropriate level on international observation missions for elections and constitutional referendums. Irish observers participate primarily in missions organised by the European Union or the Organisation for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (7 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 to 74, inclusive, together. I refer the Deputy to the responses to previous parliamentary questions on these matters, including Question 109 of 24 July 2018, Questions 167, 166 and 172 of 25 October 2017 and Question 397 of 26 July 2017. For each election observation mission, the EU or OSCE set out their specific requirements and as per normal practice all...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (7 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I refer the Deputy to the responses to previous parliamentary questions on this matter, Question 395 of 26 July 2017, Question 318 of 09 May 2017, Question 653 of 02 May 2017. International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. We aim to ensure that, when requested, Ireland is represented at an appropriate level on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains and administers a roster of individuals to participate in election observation missions, organised in the main by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union (EU). I refer the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (10 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. Accordingly, my Department maintains a roster of potential participants in election monitoring missions. The aim is to ensure that, in response to requests for Irish participation in international missions observing elections and certain referenda, there is a pool of adequately...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (4 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: In June 2018 the Taoiseach launched Global Ireland, a plan to double Ireland’s Global Footprint by 2025. It commits the Government to publishing a White Paper on Ireland’s International Development in 2018. Our ambition in the White Paper will be to position Ireland to continue to play a leadership role in achieving a better world, including through the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (4 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. We aim to ensure that, when requested, Ireland is represented at an appropriate level on international observation missions for elections and constitutional referendums. Irish observers participate primarily in missions organised by the European Union and the Organisation for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Election Monitoring Missions (3 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 58 together. International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains and administers a roster of individuals to participate in election observation missions, organised in the main by the OSCE and the EU. The recent practice in Ireland has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: The UN Refugee Agency reported on 19 June that the number of refugees and displaced persons worldwide reached in excess of 65 million in 2017, increasing at a rate of one person every two seconds. Most of these people are hosted in developing countries, such as Uganda or Ethiopia. Many also try to come to Europe. The European Union has been striving to put in place a better managed...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: According to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN agency charged with upholding the rights of refugees and asylum seekers under international law and with providing essential humanitarian assistance to displaced persons globally, there were almost 70 million refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons worldwide at the end of 2017. One...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme and to its place at the heart of our foreign policy. Funding is kept under regular review by the Department, to ensure that is it well targeted and channelled through partners which can contribute most effectively to delivering the priorities of our foreign policy and our international development policy, as set...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (27 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas assistance programme, and to its place at the heart of our foreign policy. Ireland’s assistance programme is sharply focused on delivering our goals of reducing poverty and hunger, promoting inclusive and sustainable growth and building more equitable and better systems of governance. My Department provides...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (27 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: Natural disasters can spark off a new crisis or worsen an existing one. According to the UN, in 2016 445 million people were affected by disasters linked to natural hazards worldwide including floods, storms, earthquakes and drought; 8,000 people directly lost their lives; and immediate economic losses from major disaster events were estimated at almost $140 billion. Climate change,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (27 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: The scale and number of humanitarian crises globally continues to increase. The UN estimates that 134.1 million people are now in need of urgent humanitarian assistance and protection, mainly as a result of conflict but also natural disaster. The annual Global Humanitarian Overview, published by the UN system last week details the current financial requirements to respond to humanitarian...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (21 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a roster of election observers for such missions. We aim to ensure, when requested, an appropriate level of Irish participation in international observation missions for elections and constitutional referendums. Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (12 Jun 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme, and to its place at the heart of our foreign policy. Our priorities are clearly laid out in the Government’s development policy, ‘One World One Future’. In line with our commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, our aid programme is sharply focused on delivering...