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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...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: In Budget 2024, the Government provided the highest ever allocation for the international development 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%, on the 2023 allocation. €30 million of the additional funding will be allocated to climate finance, which, in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: Education is crucial to the long term development of Palestine, and is a key focus of Ireland’s work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Ireland supports the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Education in strengthening the quality and accessibility of the education system through a Joint Financing Arrangement. The objective is to improve capacity and provide equitable...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), a Palestinian human rights organisation, established in 1995 by Palestinian human rights lawyers and defenders as an independent, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Gaza. Its strategic priorities are supporting promote gender equality, strengthening rule of law, and increasing access to justice for victims of human rights...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government's international development policy, A Better World, emphasises the priority attached to Africa, with a particular focus on those countries and communities furthest behind. This policy guides our engagement with African partners to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, with a special focus on gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action; and strengthening...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: Since the outbreak of hostilities in Sudan in April 2023, Ireland has consistently emphasised the need for an end to the conflict, protection of civilians, maintenance of humanitarian access, and for civil society to be placed at the centre of Sudan’s political future. As a member of the UN Security Council in 2021/2022, Ireland advocated for the maintenance of the partial arms...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 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. Tensions between the DRC and Rwanda have remained at a high level for several months. Ireland has expressed concern at this escalation in regional tension. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students will get a seat on a bus (details supplied) from Pallas, Portlaoise, to a named school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49721/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (9 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: I am taking this Topical Issue on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Richmond. I thank the Deputies for raising this matter. The employment permits system enables Ireland to supplement domestic skills and labour supply by allowing the recruitment of nationals from outside Ireland and the European Economic Area, EEA,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (9 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate the points being made by the Deputies and those points are well known. I thank them for raising them. As I previously indicated, to add or remove an occupation from the list, evidence is sought demonstrating that recruitment difficulties are solely due to genuine shortages within Ireland and across the EEA and not due to other factors such as salary or employment conditions....