John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to help in treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims. [2144/19]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Ireland is a long-standing contributor to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture and has contributed an average of €85,000 each year since 2010. The Trust Fund provides direct assistance to victims of torture and their family members in 79 countries worldwide. This assistance can take the form of humanitarian, medical, psychological, legal, social and financial aid. Grants are awarded to NGOs, rehabilitation centres, victim associations and family members, hospitals, legal clinics, public interest law firms and individual lawyers.

More generally, Ireland is committed to the prevention and eradication of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and has ratified relevant international agreements including the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.