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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: A Better World, Ireland's international development policy, sets out the Government's commitment to alleviating poverty and reaching the furthest behind first. Ireland works with a variety of partners in order to reach those in greatest need. Ireland, as an EU Member State and, also, working through the United Nations and other multilateral agencies is able to match financial investment...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Development cooperation is an essential element of Ireland’s foreign policy and national presence overseas, enabling us to respond to complex human needs and humanitarian crises around the world. In the Programme for Government, the Government committed to making incremental, sustainable progress towards achieving the UN target of 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to Official...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: The Department of Foreign Affairs continues to advise against non-essential travel to most overseas destinations due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is based on official public health advice and is in place to protect people's well-being, which is our first priority. In the case of election observation missions in particular, the risks posed by overseas travel at this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's international development policy, A Better World, has as its overarching objective the commitment to reach the furthest behind first. Peer Reviews by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) have consistently found Ireland's development cooperation to be of the highest quality, commending our poverty focus and commitment to Least Developed Countries. Ireland works with a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's development cooperation has maintained a strong reputation for targeting and delivering support to countries and communities in greatest need across the globe. Our Official Development Assistance (ODA) is delivered with, and through, a wide range of bilateral and multilateral partners. The OECD Development Assistance Committee's recent peer review (May 2020) found that Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 Oct 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland condemns the acts of violence and terror perpetrated by Boko Haram and Al Shabaab. Ireland supports the EU, UN and other international efforts to reduce the influence of Boko Haram and Al Shabaab in the region and to prevent their attacks, especially against civilians. The UN is active in working to undermine the influence and impact of Al Shabaab and Boko Haram. The UN continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (29 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: Mozambique is among the world’s poorest countries, ranked 180thof 189 countries in the 2019 United Nations Human Development Index. Approximately 62 per cent of the population lives below the income poverty line of $1.90 a day and average life expectancy is 60 years. Ireland established a development cooperation programme in Mozambique in 1996, with a mandate to provide humanitarian...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: I am deeply saddened by the fire at the Moria camp on Lesbos and the impact this has had on the refugees and migrants based at the camp. The very sudden displacement of thousands of people has caused great individual suffering and created a major humanitarian emergency. It is also posing a very serious logistical challenge for the Greek authorities in the midst of the COVID pandemic. My...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: Sudan is facing its worst flooding in three decades.  Weeks of heavy rains have critically affected more than 730,000 Sudanese people.  Sadly, at least 100 people have lost their lives.  The Transitional Government of Sudan declared a national state of emergency on 4 September.  Ireland has provided development and humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: I am deeply saddened by the fire at the Moria camp on Lesbos and the impact this has had on the refugees and migrants based at the camp. It is a relief that there are no reported deaths or injuries, but the very sudden displacement of thousands of people has caused great suffering and created a major humanitarian emergency as well as posing a huge logistical challenge for the Greek...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (22 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: With the outbreak of the current pandemic, the Government undertook a targeted communications strategy to provide support, reassurance and connectedness to the Global Irish. This initiative was led by my Department and supported through our Mission network. In addition, support was directed through a new Covid-19 Response Fund to Irish frontline welfare organisations around the world to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (17 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) provides funding to non-profit organisations and projects to support our most vulnerable emigrants overseas, to strengthen Irish communities abroad and to facilitate the development of closer and more strategic links between Ireland and the global Irish. The budget for the programme in 2020 is €12.595 million and is a demonstration of the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (15 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 370 together. I refer the Deputy to my responses to Questions No. 338 and No. 342 of 21 July, as well as to Question No. 453 of 8 September, in which detailed information was provided on the current membership of roster of volunteers for election observation missions. Ireland does not require volunteers selected for the election observer roster...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: United Nations (9 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland is a longstanding supporter of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which provides essential services to 5.6 million registered Palestine refugees, 1.4 million of whom are in Gaza. In the context of the challenge posed by the COVID 19 pandemic, UNRWA's work in providing vital services including education, healthcare and humanitarian relief...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: Ireland's development cooperation programme has been recognised internationally for its commitment to Least Developed Countries (LDCs). This is in line with our international development policy, A Better World, which commits Ireland to reaching the furthest behind first. The OECD's latest development cooperation Peer Review of Ireland was published earlier this year. That Peer Review...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (8 Sep 2020)

Colm Brophy: I refer the Deputy to the response to Parliamentary Questions No. 338 and No. 342 of 21 July in answer to which details of the members of the election observation roster were provided. That response notes that consideration was given to providing further information beyond the names of the members (including their residences) and it was not determined to be in the public interest to do so. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jul 2020)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 573 and 575 together. The Irish Red Cross Society was established by the Irish Red Cross Society Order 1939 pursuant to the Red Cross Act, 1938 and is an independent charitable body corporate with full power to manage and administer its own affairs. Funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the Irish Red Cross ceased in 2018 and there are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Constitutional Amendments (28 Jul 2020)

Colm Brophy: The Government is committed to holding a referendum on extending the franchise at Presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the State. We will shortly restore the Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill to the Dáil Order Paper.   The date for the holding of the referendum will be decided once the legislation has been approved by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Colm Brophy: The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the critical need for international collaboration across the scientific community and beyond, including open communication, shared resources and coordinated actions. As Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, has said, “Nobody is safe until everybody is safe.” Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (28 Jul 2020)

Colm Brophy: Official Development Assistance (ODA) is an integral element of Ireland’s foreign policy. A Better World, Ireland’s policy for international development, provides a vision for Ireland’s development cooperation, including the clear commitment of the Government to direct ODA to reaching the furthest behind first.  Successive Organisation for Economic Co-operation...