Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 464: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of disaster relief moneys promised and delivered by the Government to date in response to each humanitarian disaster since 1997. [1539/05]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Since 1997 the Government has delivered approximately €120 million in emergency humanitarian funding to meet the needs of the most vulnerable populations affected by natural and man-made disasters. Assistance included the provision of basic food, shelter, water and sanitation, health care, and other life-saving services. These emergency programmes are delivered through partnerships with UN agencies, international organisations and key non-governmental partners which are operational in the disaster area and which have the necessary expertise and capacity. Funding for emergencies and rehabilitation has been increased to €37.5 million for 2005, up from €24 million last year. Detailed information of individual grants and organisations in receipt of funding are available in Development Cooperation Ireland annual reports, which are laid before the Dáil. The following table outlines annual allocations and outturns in response to humanitarian disasters globally from 1997 to 2004.