Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of Ireland's contributions to international organisations or foreign aid to other countries is conditional upon certain criteria being met; and if so, the details of same. [29895/21]

Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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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 programme is delivered through a number of different channels, including UN agencies, civil society organisations, and local Government partners. All of these partnerships are managed under agreements which outline the purpose of the funding and the management of the partnership and the results expected. These agreements are able to take account of the context, risk assessments, programme area and partner type.

A portion of the funding provided to international partners is "core funding". Core funding allows a number of donors, such as Ireland, to support the central functions and mandate of an organisation, , where the work of that organisation is aligned to our priority of reaching the furthest behind first. In several circumstances, this substantially reduces costs and maintains necessary oversight, transparency and good governance.

Across our programme, we are focussed on supporting partners that are delivering results, contributing effectively, engaging in effective partnerships and operating efficiently.