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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs enables participation in a range of overseas deployment opportunities for suitably qualified and vetted volunteers, typically involving placement with, or by, third party organisations,facilitated by the Department through a range of rosters, registers, initiatives and programmes, including the Election Observation Roster and the Rapid Response Corps. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 379 together. Ireland remains deeply concerned by the ongoing armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the former regional authorities in Tigray, which began on 4 November. The conflict has had a devastating impact on the population of Tigray, and poses severe risks to the stability of the wider Horn of Africa region. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's international climate finance expenditure is calculated on an annual basis in a retrospective process coordinated by my Department with inputs from the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, the Department of Finance and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The 2019 Report is being finalised with a view to publication during February, and will detail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: 627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to amend section 252 of the Children’s Act 2001 to allow the courts discretion in the naming of children who have been the victims of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is playing its full part as member of the global health community to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. This includes supporting the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund, to develop, produce and equitably distribute effective technologies in the COVID-19 global response.  The vaccine roll-out effort will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is fully supporting efforts by the international community, including as an EU Member State, to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. The Government quadrupled funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2020, given its role as lead UN agency for health and co-host of the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which has the COVAX facility as a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (4 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 95 together. Ireland played a unique and central role in the process to agree Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Co-Chair in 2015, alongside Kenya, of the final UN intergovernmental negotiations. The SDG vision of a safer, more peaceful, equal and sustainable world is reflected in Ireland’s foreign policy and...

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

Colm Brophy: Ireland is fully supporting efforts by the international community, including as an EU Member State, to ensure fair and equitable access to vaccines for all. The Government quadrupled funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2020, given its role as lead UN agency for health and co-host of the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which has the COVAX facility as a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland remains deeply concerned by the ongoing armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the former regional authorities in Tigray, which began on 4 November. The conflict has had a devastating impact on the population of Tigray, and poses severe risks to the stability of the wider Horn of Africa region. Ireland is engaging directly as well as actively supporting the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is a longstanding development and humanitarian donor to Sudan. Since 2018, Ireland has provided over €12 million in humanitarian funding to Sudan. This funding is channelled through UN Agencies, international and Irish NGOs. This has enabled us to respond with the highest priority projects being implemented by the best placed responders. Since 2018, Ireland has also provided...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Since 2012, Ireland has provided over €168 million in humanitarian aid, including over €25 million provided in 2020, to those affected by the conflict in Syria and the region.  This is our largest ever response to any single crisis. Funding is provided through implementing organisations including non-governmental organisations, UN organisations and the International...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: The conflict in Yemen, which began in 2015, is the principal cause of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, affecting its capacity to address other serious problems such as flooding, cholera and COVID 19. Along with the UN and the EU, Ireland believes that the only way to bring about a long-term sustainable improvement in Yemen is through a negotiated end to the conflict. The UN has been warning...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland has a long history of engagement on Somalia, from our contribution to peacekeeping in the 1990s to today’s participation in EU civilian capacity building missions and support to humanitarian response. Over the next two years, Somalia will continue to undergo a fragile transition, and will face many peace and security challenges. Minister Coveney, along with officials from the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: My Department, through Irish Aid, oversees the Rapid Response Corps which is a central feature of Ireland’s humanitarian programme.  The most recent recruitment took place in 2018 and the Corps currently contains a large cohort of experienced personnel available to deploy at short notice in response to severe crises and emergencies.  In light of this, it is not envisaged that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: March 2021 will mark the tenth year of the Syrian conflict that has seen hundreds of thousands lose their lives, and over half the population flee their homes. More than 13 million people are in humanitarian need inside Syria and six million of these have been internally displaced. The war has also caused the biggest refugee movement from a single conflict in a generation, with almost seven...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Colm Brophy: In Budget 2021 the Government allocated over €868 million for official development aid (ODA), an increase of four per cent on 2020. This also represents an increase in the proportion of GNI allocated to ODA, from 0.31 to 0.32% - a small but important progression towards the target of 0.7% by 2030.  This year the priority will be to ensure the effective use of the Irish Aid...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland’s Embassy in Pretoria maintains continuous communication with Department of Foreign Affairs headquarters and senior officials. In line with established Department of Foreign Affairs reporting procedures, the Ambassador and Embassy team provide regular political and economic reports with respect to South Africa and all countries of secondary accreditation – Botswana,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's official development assistance (ODA) budget is €868 million, an increase of €30 million on last year. It is the seventh consecutive year of increase, as we continue to work toward our commitment of allocating 0.7% of GNI to development. The quality of our development programme remains world-class, as has been reiterated in a recent Peer Review of our development...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (28 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: My priority as Minister for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service, is maintained to the greatest extent possible so as to enable the Defence Forces to carry out their roles as assigned by Government, including overseas deployments. The Equipment Development Plan (EDP) published in June 2020, completed through extensive joint...

An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2018: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jan 2021)

Colm Brophy: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: Dáil Éireann resolves that the Thirty-Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018 be deemed to be read a second time this day eighteen months, to allow for greater analysis of the complex issues concerned and for such considerations to be taken into...