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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (2 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: In June 2018 the Taoiseach launched Global Ireland, a plan to double Ireland’s global impact by 2025. Amongst other things, it committed the Government to publishing a White Paper on Ireland’s International Development Cooperation and to delivering 0.7% of GNI to Overseas Development Assistance by 2030. At the United Nations General Assembly last week the Tánaiste...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Sanctions (2 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 147 together. Illegal trading in minerals and other natural resources has fuelled conflict for years in certain countries in Africa. Support for the implementation of the EU Regulation on importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas is identified as a specific action in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (26 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I refer the Deputy to my recent reply to Question 122 on Tuesday 18 September 2018 in connection with the distribution of approved grants for NGOs. The organisation in question receives one of the highest annual grants of Irish Aid to a Civil Society organisation. In 2018, a total grant of €15.5m is foreseen. The first tranche of this funding, amounting to €10m, has recently...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (20 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government is strongly committed to delivering Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme in the most effective way, providing humanitarian assistance and contributing to the fight against global poverty and hunger, including by working with multilateral partners and through the European Union. Funding for multilateral organisations is kept under regular review...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (20 Sep 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I refer the Deputy to the response to a previous parliamentary question on this matter Question 69 of 7 September 2018. 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 observers for election monitoring missions. We aim to ensure that, when requested, Ireland is...

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...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Insurance Costs (12 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: I start by passing on the apologies of the Minister of State with responsibility for financial services and insurance, Deputy Michael D’Arcy, who is before the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach this morning. The Minister of State also wishes to thank Senator Reilly for raising the issue of fraudulent claims. The Senator will be aware that the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Insurance Costs (12 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: Again, I thank Senator Reilly for raising this very important issue. I agree wholeheartedly with him. The rising cost of insurance is becoming a serious impediment to the survival of SMEs in some cases, and to the expansion of SMEs in others, and it needs to be treated with a great degree of urgency. I assure the Senator that the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, believes the...

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...