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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (22 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Programme for Government makes clear that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas.  Following upon a commitment in the Programme for Government, the Government published a Policy Statement on May 2021 which outlines both constraints and opportunities for Government action in this area, including in the context of Ireland's obligations as a Member State of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Gender Equality (22 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Generation Equality Forum hosted by the Government of France and convened by UN Women will take place in Paris from 30 June to 2 July.  Ireland has engaged closely with the preparatory process, including through my participation at the virtual high-level event hosted by the Government of Mexico in March.  The Paris Forum will launch a series of ambitious actions to further...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Action Plan (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Interim Climate Action Plan presents a number of supporting and enabling actions to advance Ireland’s international role on climate issues. These actions are necessary to support our efforts to coordinate and scale up our international climate finance and to enhance our climate diplomacy efforts. Ireland provides significant international climate finance, the vast majority of which...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Priorities (15 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 641 to 643, inclusive, 679 and 682 together. The Generation Equality Forum hosted by the Government of France and convened by UN Women will take place in Paris from 30 June to 2 July. Ireland has engaged closely with the Generation Equality process, including through my participation at the virtual high-level event hosted by the Government of Mexico in...

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...

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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (26 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: The plight of children in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) has been at the centre of Ireland’s response to the recent hostilities. As Minister Coveney stated at the UN Security Council on 16 May, children must never be made prisoners of history. Ireland has a longstanding commitment to improving access to and the quality of education in the oPt. Education has been central...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 310 together. The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) manages its election observation mission through a core team of experts, which leads the monitoring and is directly recruited, which can be supplemented by long-term observers (LTOs) and short-term observers (STOs) nominated by OSCE Member States. Applications...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304, 305 and 311 together. I refer the Deputies to the comprehensive response to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 24 March 2021 on international election observation. In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health considerations concerning international travel, Ireland has not nominated volunteer election observers since March 2020....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (25 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I would like to begin by welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire which began on 21 May. The humanitarian consequences of the hostilities have been devastating and two million people in the Gaza Strip, who were already suffering extreme hardship, including poverty, food insecurity and the Covid-19 pandemic, are now suffering the consequences of another cycle of violence. On 19 May,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 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, is a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (18 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 413 and 425 together. Most of the issues raised in these questions have been comprehensively addressed in the answer to Question 777 of 24 March 2021. The budget for overseas election observation in 2021 is €180,000, of which €4,616 has been disbursed to date, reflecting standard insurance costs for this budget line.  Given the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416 and 417 together. The United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious cross-Government policy agenda coordinated by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC). Within the national coordination structures for delivery of the SDGs, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (13 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267, 268 and 269 together. The Government's policy on international development, A Better World, attaches a high priority to gender equality. That is why Ireland is the 14th largest core contributor to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the 24th largest contributor overall - supporting UNFPA's vital work in promoting universal access to health...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 81 together. Minister Coveney covered some of these issues in an earlier reply, but for the record I would also stress my serious concern about the ongoing conflict in Tigray, which has seen many people killed, injured, and displaced, and which is feeding into instability across the Horn of Africa region. Minister Coveney Ireland set out the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: My Department continues to support global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the €50 million in Irish Aid funding to global health in 2021, €5 million is channeled to direct support to COVID-19 vaccination, including through COVAX. The COVAX mechanism is beginning to deliver results, with over 53 million vaccines already delivered to 121 participant countries. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Constitutional Amendments (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: The Government is committed to holding a referendum on extending the franchise at Presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the State as set out in the Programme for Government and affirmed in new Diaspora Strategy which was launched in November last year. To this end the Government restored the Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019 to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 116 together. We have all seen the rapidly deteriorating situation in India as a result of the COVID-19 surge. Avoidable deaths have resulted from an acute oxygen shortage. In response, Ireland - with Irish Aid officials in my Department working in partnership with colleagues in the Departments of Health and Housing, and also the HSE - has made an...