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- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (11 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: With a record 235 million people currently needing humanitarian assistance and protection, or one in 33 people worldwide, humanitarian agencies are seeking new ways to collaborate and increase efficiency and impact. Responding to this imperative, the Irish Emergency Alliance (IEA) was launched in September 2020. It comprises seven non-governmental organisations that work in fragile...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Policy (11 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: Delivering on a commitment in the Programme for Government, a dedicated Climate Unit was established last autumn in the Development Cooperation and Africa Division in my Department. The establishment of the Climate Unit will facilitate a more holistic and effective Irish engagement on global climate issues, and guide the process now underway of doubling the proportion of Irish Official...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (11 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: Development education is an integral part of the Irish Aid programme, Ireland’s Official Development Aid programme managed in large part by the Department of Foreign Affairs, but which engages many Departments across Government, the education system and civil society. Development education contributes to an active Irish public, engaged and well-informed on issues which impact on...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: Each year the Department of Foreign Affairs' Ireland Fellows Programme offers promising individuals from ODA-eligible partner countries opportunities to study for a master’s qualification at an Irish University or Institute of Technology. The programme is intended to nurture future leaders; to develop in-country capacity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; and to build...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: A Better World, Ireland’s policy for international development was launched in February 2019. It provides the framework for Ireland’s development cooperation in the decade ahead and represents a step change in our approach, bringing together our development cooperation and diplomacy for optimum impact. In the two years since the policy was launched, there has been notable...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: Ireland's longstanding programme of development cooperation in South East Asia is implemented by the Embassy of Ireland in Hanoi in conjunction with a number of partner organisations. The programme operates primarily in Vietnam itself, with a smaller range of activity in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar. Consistent with the commitment to the "furthest behind first" in Ireland's Policy for...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The Government’s policy for international development, ‘A Better World’, launched in February 2019, commits to scaling Ireland’s investment across four policy priorities: gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action and strengthening governance. This policy was complemented, in November 2019, by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: Sahel countries count among the world’s most at risk of crises and disasters. An estimated 23.6 million people across the region are in need of urgent humanitarian aid, the highest number ever recorded, including more than 13 million requiring emergency food assistance. Ireland is supporting stabilisation efforts on the ground in Mali and the Sahel through our peacekeeping...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: In line with commitments made in the Global Ireland: Ireland's Strategy for Africa to 2025, Ireland is committed to strengthening political dialogue, development cooperation, and trade and investment relationships with the African continent. That Strategy signals the Sahel and francophone West Africa for intensified engagement. Notwithstanding the challenges posed by COVID-19, that...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are an important global constituency which is disproportionately impacted by climate change and the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ireland's Strategy for Partnership with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was launched in June 2019 by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney TD. The Strategy set out a multi-strand approach to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (10 Mar 2021)
Colm Brophy: The ongoing armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the former regional authorities in Tigray, which began on 4 November, remains a major concern for Ireland. The conflict has had a devastating impact on the population of Tigray, and poses severe risks to the stability of Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa region. Ireland strongly supports calls by the UN High...