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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of discussions he has had with European Union colleagues or otherwise through the United Nations with a view to humanitarian intervention in conflict zones globally with particular reference to the need to offer some protection to women and children in areas such as Belarus and Sudan. [57675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of talks with persons he and his Department have had in regard to the Northern Ireland Protocol and Brexit. [58659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which discussions between the European Union and UK authorities in relation to Brexit continue to be made with a view to ensuring the maximisation of the interests of the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Exercises (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which concerns are being expressed to the Russian authorities in regard to the use of a sea area close to Irish territorial waters for military manoeuvres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4172/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which political pressure continues to be applied to the Russian Federation with a view to ensuring that the independence of Ukraine is honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4173/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which bilateral and multilateral aid programmes continue to identify countries suffering from war, starvation or natural disasters with a view to addressing the issues arising therefrom; if particular or specific programmes are being developed to address issues such as medicines and water shortages; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which directly and or through the European Union or United Nations and using Ireland’s position on the United Nations Security Council efforts continue to be made to address situations in which hunger, starvation, genocide, ethnic cleansing and violence against minorities can be addressed in a meaningful way; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten locations worldwide identified by the United Nations as being volatile in terms of human rights; if sufficient efforts are being made to address these issues with the international community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue to be made to foster and encourage stability and European Union membership in the western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4177/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which efforts continue to be made to ensure continued peace and stability in the western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4187/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to monitor the activities of the Boko Haram and Al Shabaab or associated organisations with a view to minimising and eliminating their ability to carry out attacks on women, young girls or children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4178/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at international level to address the issue of a person (details supplied); if efforts can or will be made by the international community to challenge their imprisonment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that are being taken by the international community to show solidarity with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4180/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to investigate the use of child soldiers in various conflict zones globally; the actions proposed or taken against the perpetrators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if international human rights organisations can continue to be coordinated to deal with human rights abuses on a worldwide scale; the extent to which this is happening at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland’s overseas development aid programme continues to identify the most suitable and deserving recipients for aid; the extent of such aid in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and location of projects currently assisted by Ireland’s programme at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Irish embassy and consular network continues to be proactive in pursuing Ireland’s interest in the export marketplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which efforts continue to ensure the maintenance of the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps at optimum levels having particular regard to Ireland’s position on the periphery of Europe and its extended coastline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains assured that no attempt is being made to reduce the strength of any branch of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4196/22]