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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 May 2023)

Seán Fleming: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if information will be provided in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 May 2023)

Seán Fleming: 412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a refund will be paid to a person (details supplied) whose additional €200 payment was reduced by an amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21629/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (9 May 2023)

Seán Fleming: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21505/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (9 May 2023)

Seán Fleming: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation in relation to ambulance services at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (3 May 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Department of Foreign Affairs maintains and administers a voluntary roster of suitably skilled and vetted individuals who are available to participate at short notice in election observation missions, organised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union (EU). The current Election Observation Roster was established for a period of five years....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (3 May 2023)

Seán Fleming: Ireland’s engagement in Uganda, including through our international development programme, is based on our international development policy, A Better World, and guided by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025. In line with these strategies, Ireland’s development and cooperation work in Uganda focuses on helping the furthest behind first. We have had a strong...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (3 May 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government is very concerned at the situation in Sudan. Heavy fighting has been taking place across Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan since 15 April. Hospitals and critical infrastructure have been attacked. At least 500 people have been killed, including 18 humanitarian and health workers, and over 5,000 injured. Civilians are the main victims of the conflict, with many trapped in their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: Dóchas is the Irish association of non-governmental development organisations. Its mission is to enable international development and humanitarian organisations in Ireland to achieve greater impact in their work by working together. The Tánaiste and I met Dóchas and the CEOs of key Irish international NGOs on 22 February 2023. I was keen to meet with these stakeholders as a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy for the seven questions there. I will be as brief as I can. The sector acknowledged the difficulty in areas where there have been humanitarian crises. In some areas, it has set back the development work undertaken over previous years and we have to work to rebuild that, especially in relation to the earthquake in Turkey and Cyprus. Ireland was the first out to offer...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: I met representatives of their organisation, Front Line Defenders, and especially people who are providing information on the ground and who want to keep a low-key presence in some of these countries so as not to be identified. We are making efforts to ensure their safety continues. Another point is that at our meeting with Dóchas, we specifically raised the issue, following my...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government’s Diaspora Strategy, 2020-2025, pledges to monitor barriers to returning emigrants and undertakes to remove them, where possible, and to improve the provision of information to diaspora communities about returning home. In that regard, my Department engages with a broad range of organisations in Ireland and overseas to support returning Irish citizens and their families,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: Ireland has adopted a whole-of-government approach to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Every Minister in government has responsibility for implementing relevant SDG targets. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications has responsibility for promoting the SDGs, and for overseeing their coherent implementation across Government. The Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: Each year, the Department of Foreign Affairs produces a report which illustrates quantitatively and qualitatively the levels, sources and channels of Ireland’s international climate and environmental finance. This finance is spent by Departments of Foreign Affairs; Environment, Climate and Communications; Finance; and Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Report is an important...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: The question of entitlement to UK pensions is a matter for the UK authorities and it is not for the Irish authorities to advise individuals on such issues. My Department does, however, support, under the Emigrant Support Programme, Irish community organisations in the UK who provide assistance and advice to Irish people on issues such as this. My Department also funds a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 to 160, inclusive, together. A Better World, the Government's international development policy, focuses our international development programme on meeting the needs of the furthest behind first, with an emphasis on those in the world’s poorest or most climate-exposed countries, especially women and girls. The Government has provided over...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161, 162 and 168 together. Conflict, climate change and the continuing impact of the pandemic have combined to increase the need for humanitarian assistance in crises across the globe. The international response increased to a record €26.85 billion in 2022. This support meant that over 216 million people across 69 countries received food, medicine...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: Ireland strongly condemns the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab. We support international efforts to reduce their influence and assist populations affected by their actions. Ireland is playing its part in helping tackle the impact and the causes of the armed conflict and forced displacement. Since 2015, we have provided over €36 million in bilateral assistance for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: In recent years, there have been repeated calls for the establishment of a variety of arrangements to provide refugees and internally displaced peoples with increased protection in countries affected by armed conflict and in neighbouring states. The Government believes it is essential that the international community continue to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to displaced...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government, and our EU partners, are seriously concerned at the violence in Sudan. Since 15 April, heavy fighting, including air strikes, has been taking place in Khartoum and across the country between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Up to 200 civilians are believed to have been killed, including three World Food Programme workers in Darfur, and up...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, is participating in a discussion on the crisis in Sudan at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 24 April. We are seriously concerned at the situation in Sudan, as heavy fighting continues between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Over 300 civilians have been killed and...