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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Counter Fraud policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which affirms our zero tolerance towards fraud, sets out the procedures for the prevention, detection and dealing with instances of fraud or suspected fraud, including in partner organisations. Information regarding suspected frauds, along with information regarding recovered and unrecovered funding, in Irish Aid’s areas...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is being brought forward to consolidate in one stand-alone enactment the State's maritime jurisdiction legislation and to update it to reflect recent developments in international law. It is a technical Bill that establishes in domestic law the framework of different maritime zones of national jurisdiction recognised by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is playing its full part in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. Last year, Irish funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) was quadrupled, given its role as lead UN agency for health and co-host of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.  Launched in April 2020, the ACT Accelerator, with...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I welcome this opportunity to present the 2021 Estimate for Vote 27, relating to in international co-operation. Vote 27 funds approximately two thirds of Ireland’s official development assistance, ODA, programme, better known to the public as Irish Aid. The Vote provides the funding necessary to deliver on the Department’s high-level goal, which is to work for a more just,...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Deputy. I will respond initially by joining him in the comments he was making-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: That is perfect, I thank the Chairman.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Chairman. I shall follow on directly from the comments made by the Chairman and that of Deputy Brady about Ethiopia and Tigray. Obviously it is, as the Chairman quite rightly described in his remarks, a situation in which Ireland is very actively involved both from the UN side and our relationship with Ethiopia. It is an important country for us in terms of Irish Aid....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: Obviously, follow-up on this issue takes place on the ground through our diplomats. It is probably more appropriate to follow up with a note on this because the specifics the Deputy is seeking are not something I am in a position to give him. I know follow-up takes place on the ground in terms but it would probably be better for me to provide a note on the issue so that the Deputy has more...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: On the Deputy's first key point, the heart of what Irish Aid is about is what he referred to. It is about putting a situation in place on the ground which, as a by-product, will stop migration and people having the necessity to move. If one looks at what causes most global migration, much of it relates to food shortages, such as where crops fail due to climate, etc. What we are trying to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: That is no problem. To be clear, the situation is that only vaccines approved by the EMA are regarded as complying fully with our requirements and obviating the need for quarantine. That is the situation as it stands. Teachers vaccinated with the Chinese vaccine would be required to quarantine on their return. It is a situation which includes many Irish citizens and members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (2 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is a longstanding supporter of the vital work undertaken by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).  UNRWA provides essential services, including healthcare, education and humanitarian relief, to 5.7 million registered Palestine refugees, 1.4 million of whom are in Gaza. So far this year, Ireland has disbursed a total of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (2 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is recognised as a principled and high-performing provider of official development assistance (ODA). The delivery of Irish ODA follows international best practice approaches and is guided by principles for development effectiveness. A Better World, Ireland's international development policy, outlines the priorities of Ireland's development assistance programme. The Irish Aid...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I thank Senator Higgins for her amendments and for engaging with officials yesterday. That was very helpful in terms of our understanding. I also had an opportunity to talk to Senator Higgins about the concerns that have motivated her amendments and can assure her that those concerns are met by the Bill. I am afraid the Government is not in a position to accept amendment No. 1. The...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: My advice is that the proposed amendment would change the meaning of the definition of an installation by including a vessel used in connection with that installation, regardless of how far from the installation that vessel is located. International law only permits the exercise of jurisdiction over such a vessel if it is in the vicinity of the installation and then only where the...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: Amendment No. 3 would add the word "sitting" to the phrase "within the next 21 days" in which the House sits after the order is laid before the House. However, the section already makes it clear that the 21 days concerned are those on which the House sits. The amendment is therefore unnecessary and I am not in a position to accept it.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I take on board what Senator Ward has said and will try to determine if it is possible to do so.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I echo Senator Chambers's comments in that I very much appreciate the way in which Senator Higgins has engaged on this and the interaction we had yesterday on this amendment. Section 11 provides that any prosecution of a foreign national for an offence committed from a foreign vessel within Ireland's territorial sea requires a certificate from the Minister for Foreign Affairs certifying that...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: Section 14 sets out the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the State in the exclusive economic zone. It faithfully reflects the text of Article 56 of the convention of 1982 to which it is intended to give effect, and I acknowledge that Senator Higgins mentioned this in her contribution. Specifically the section provides that the State has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring,...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: We will check this matter but I believe that section 14 enables legislation to be done for this. Obviously, the convention contains the terms of management, conservation etc. that the Senator mentioned.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: There is scope within the legislation to do what the Senator has talked about. I am conscious that the purpose of what we are trying to do here, which is what I mentioned in my initial reply, is very much around the consolidation of existing legislation. In that fact, I am trying to keep it to that as tight as possible. I fully understand and sympathise with the points that the Senator...