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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: In all of our visits abroad, we meet people from both sides of the equation and it works both ways. Even though we schedule meetings with diaspora groups, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland regularly ask us in the Department to meet Irish businesses that want to do business in the countries we are visiting. IDA Ireland also asks us to meet its clients that are interested in investing back...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97, 98 and 99 together. We are deeply concerned by the severe humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan caused by the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since the conflict began in April, over 6.2 million people have fled their homes and nearly 25 million people, half of the population, are in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: Ireland's long-standing development and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people has been provided as an integral part of our contribution to the achievement of a just, enduring and stable peace based on a two-State solution. So far this year, we have provided a total of €29 million in development and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people this year. The focus...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: 676. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be announced in respect of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51873/23]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: As I mentioned, the amount involved would not be major and we still continue to support the Palestinian people and to provide funds rather than being in a position to deduct or recover some of the funds we provide. As I said, we do not have powers of enforcement. Our position is clear but we do not want that to get in the way of providing the aid we provide on an ongoing basis. We do not...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: Those are two separate issues that should not be conflated. That is all I am saying.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: 487. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50627/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (16 Nov 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 international election observation missions, coordinated by the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Members of Ireland’s International Election Observation Roster...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (16 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 72 together. In Budget 2024, the Government provided the highest ever allocation for the international development assistance programme managed, under Vote 27, by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The allocation of €776.5 million represents an increase of €60 million, or 8.4% of the 2023 allocation. This will help to ensure that Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (16 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: 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 and other life-saving assistance. The commitments and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (16 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: Conflict, climate change and the lingering effects of COVID have combined to increase the need for humanitarian assistance. In 2022 the international community provided over €27 billion for food, shelter, medicine and other life saving humanitarian assistance. To date in 2023 the international community has provided over €17 billion. The response of the international...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: Ensuring accountability was one of the core principles guiding Ireland’s two-year term on the United Nations Security Council. We promoted adherence to international humanitarian, criminal and human rights law across all files, supporting international courts and tribunals, advocating for the rights of victims and survivors, and seeking to strengthen the ability of the Council to act...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: Ireland maintains a consistent focus internationally on issues relating to refugees and displaced persons. We continue to raise these issues in UN and EU meetings, highlighting in particular the plight of the most vulnerable, including women and children. We fully support EU efforts to adopt a comprehensive approach to migration, including through resettlement and increased legal pathways...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: I thank all who have contributed to the debate. It is clear that Deputies across the House are deeply and genuinely concerned at the horrific situation that has unfolded in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories over the past three weeks. The Government shares their deep alarm at the situation and the way in which it continues to deteriorate rapidly, including in the context of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has experienced periodic conflict over many decades, with an increase in insecurity and violence in eastern DRC in recent months, ahead of elections due to take place in December 2023. The ongoing conflict in eastern DRC is driven by a number of factors, including competing attempts by armed groups to control the rich mineral resources of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (15 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: The well-being of Irish communities and Irish people abroad is at the centre of the Government's diaspora support and a key objective of both my Department’s Statement of Strategy and Global Ireland: Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025. The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP), established in 2004, provides grants to support Irish communities across the world and is central...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: -----and to pursue the prosecutor. This could be interpreted by some as putting pressure on the prosecutor to prioritise one investigation over another-----

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: -----and, possibly, as undermining the independent and impartial nature of both the prosecutor and the court.

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: That work is ongoing and he should be allowed to continue his work. Ireland’s foreign policy and our credibility internationally as a principled and consistent voice has long been based on our adherence to and respect for international law, including international humanitarian law. We take the rules-based international order and the multilateral bodies created by the international...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "strongly condemns the attack by Hamas on the people of Israel on 7th October and deplores the escalation of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory since then, particularly the killing of innocent men, women and children, the taking of hostages, the destruction of...