Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16375/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs is fully committed to promoting gender, equality, diversity and inclusion and creating a culture of dignity and respect in the workplace, as set out in our Statement of Strategy 2021-2023. Over recent years, my Department has taken a proactive and strategic approach to advancing gender equality and wider diversity and inclusion issues. As part of my Department’s Human Resources Strategy 2019-2022, a number of initiatives and policies have been advanced to improve gender, equality, diversity and inclusion, including the roll out of training. Thus far, training on Diversity and Inclusion has been provided by the following organisations listed in the table below. The costs, year and focus of the training are also set out in the table.