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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a roster of observers for election monitoring missions. 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 Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 167 and 172 together. The Election Observation Roster was established in May 2013 for a period of five years following a review of the previous roster and a public call for applications. Upon completion of an independent appraisal and ranking of the 263 eligible applications, the 200 individuals who achieved the highest scores were selected to serve on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a roster of observers for election monitoring mission. Irish observers participate primarily in missions organised by the European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). A new roster of 200 members plus a reserve panel of 10 was established in May 2013, following a public call for applications.Following...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a roster of observers for election monitoring missions. 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 Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: International election monitoring missions play an important role in the promotion of democracy and human rights. Ireland’s election observation roster has been put in place to facilitate the deployment at short notice of suitably qualified individuals to participate in international election observation missions, organised in the main by the EU and the OSCE. While some election...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (17 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: Last week for budget 2018, the Government announced a total allocation of €707 million to Official Development Assistance (ODA). This represents an increase of some €26 million on the current year, and is the third consecutive year the Government has increased budget allocations to Ireland’s Aid programme. Just over €500 million of the total ODA allocation for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (3 Oct 2017)

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. Irish observers participate primarily in missions organised by the European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). My Department is aware...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (3 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I have noted with concern the recent disturbances which have taken place in South-East Nigeria. Ireland recognises the sovereignty and unity of Nigeria: issues relating to Biafra are matters for the Nigerian Government. However, it is also the responsibility of the Nigerian Government to create a secure environment in which all civilians are protected from violence. Ireland is strongly...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take questions 175 and 177 together. The UNFPA is one of Ireland’s UN partners, and the agency’s work is closely aligned with many of the areas identified in Ireland’s Policy for International Development ‘One World, One Future’. Hundreds of thousands of women and girls die each year in developing countries from complications in pregnancy and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Data (26 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: Ireland began funding a focussed programme of development assistance in Myanmar in 2013 with the objective of meeting the needs of some of the poorest and marginalised communities and to help underpin peace, prosperity and the political transition to full democracy. Through the programme, Ireland is working with key civil society and other trusted partners to deliver practical support for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I am aware of the disturbances which have taken place recently in South-East Nigeria. Ireland recognises the sovereignty and unity of Nigeria. Issues relating to Biafra, therefore, are matters for the Nigerian Government. It is the responsibility of the Nigerian Government to create a secure environment in which civilians are protected from violence. I welcome the recent messages from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (26 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The people of Yemen are facing a combined humanitarian catastrophe of conflict, cholera and risk of famine. 17 million Yemenis are food insecure, including 1.8 million acutely malnourished children. In the last six months alone, the cholera epidemic has killed more than 2,000 people and infected nearly 700,000 others, many of whom are children. Yet, due to ongoing attacks and lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Sustainable Development Goals (21 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: Hundreds of thousands of women and girls die each year in developing countries from complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Improved maternal and reproductive health, including access to contraception, is an important focus of our aid programme and is critical to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.There is an important link between Ireland's support...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (21 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: 2017 has been a year of unprecedented humanitarian crises, including the reoccurrence of the threat of famine in the Horn of Africa. The international community’s coordinated response can and is working. For example, following UN Secretary General Guterres’ February 2017 call to action to address the four famines threatening more than 20 million people across South Sudan,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government has consistently condemned the acts of violence being perpetrated by both Al Shabab and Boko Haram, which remain a threat to the peace, stability, and prosperity of Somalia and Nigeria respectively, and neighbouring countries. The brutal activities of these groups have resulted in thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions more. They also involve the clear and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The recruitment and use of child soldiers continues to be a serious problem around the world, including in Africa. Since 2002, the United Nations Secretary-General has issued an annual report on children and armed conflict which lists all armed groups – both state and non-state – that recruit and use children. The most recent list, published in April 2016, includes groups...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government’s 2013 Policy for International Development, One World, One Future, affirms Ireland's commitment to addressing the rights and needs of vulnerable people, including those with disabilities. Disability is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. It can magnify existing vulnerabilities among individuals, communities and nations, and people with disabilities are extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (20 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s Aid Programme, and to its place at the heart of our foreign policy. Our priorities for the Programme are clearly laid out in the Government’s development policy, ‘One World One Future’. The programme has an enviable international reputation and is sharply focused on delivering our goals of reducing poverty and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (11 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I wish to commend the people of Kenya who on 8 August turned out in great numbers to vote in their presidential, parliamentary and county level elections. On 11 August, the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee coalition, was declared winner of the Presidential election, defeating Raila Odinga, leader of the National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition, and other candidates. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393, 394 and 396 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 a roster of election observers for such missions. Irish observers participate primarily in missions organised by the European Union and the Organisation for Security...