Written answers
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Overseas Development Aid
Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of overseas aid given by the State directly to foreign governments for year ending 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39587/23]
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Government's international development programme is focused on supporting countries and communities most seriously in need and promoting sustainable development globally. Support is provided through a range of channels, including some direct contributions to a limited number of partner country governments. Ireland’s funding supports partner governments’ priorities in areas including education, healthcare, gender equality, social protection, and food security and nutrition.
In 2022, Ireland provided a total of €31.7 million in Official Development Assistance (ODA) directly to government systems in partner countries to address their development priorities. The top recipients of this funding were Mozambique (€12.75 million), Tanzania (€7.7 million), Malawi (€5.1 million) and the Palestinian Authority (€3 million). In addition, we provided €5.2 million for projects implemented by other donor countries through delegated cooperation. This included projects implemented by the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the United States.
Where Ireland supports government systems, attention to public financial management, which includes analysis of risk, is integral to the monitoring of our funding.
The priorities for Ireland's programme of ODA are set out in the Government's international development policy, A Better World. Ireland’s total ODA for 2022 stood at €2.29 billion. Excluding eligible costs related to first-year supports to Ukrainian refugees, it stood at €1.41 billion.
The Irish Aid Annual Report for 2022 will be launched in October and will provide full details on the programmes funded through ODA last year.
Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of funding given by the State to all non-governmental organisations in receipt of €20,000 or more from Vote 27, for the year ending 2022, broken down by Irish- and foreign-based NGOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39588/23]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs provides grants from Vote 27 to NGOs to implement programmes and projects in countries classified by the OECD as eligible for overseas development assistance, as well as for global citizenship education in Ireland. The OECD has commended Ireland for the quality of our NGO partnerships as a “hallmark of Ireland's development cooperation”. The Irish international NGO sector in particular has a strong international reputation for effectiveness and leadership.
NGOs are well placed to ensure aid reaches those to whom it is intended and are informed of the realities on the ground. NGO funding is important because a healthy, independent and inclusive civil society empowers communities, contributes to good governance and provides a voice for marginalised people. NGOs also have a role to play in delivering and supporting access to basic services; promoting and advocating for human rights; and enabling citizens to participate in democratic processes. Our funding to NGOs for global citizenship activities in Ireland is working to increase public awareness and understanding of major global issues, helping people to critically explore how these relate to their lives.
A full list of funding provided to NGOs in 2022 is provided below, broken down according to whether they are Irish-based or foreign-based.
Irish-based NGOs | Amount (€) |
|---|---|
| 80:20 Educating/Acting For A Better World | 110,000 |
| A Partnership With Africa | 285,591 |
| Action Ireland Trust | 81,300 |
| ActionAid Ireland | 875,398 |
| Afri, Action from Ireland | 47,500 |
| Aidspan | 100,000 |
| AkiDwA | 34,000 |
| An Taisce - Green Schools | 120,000 |
| Ballyfermot College of Further Education | 100,000 |
| Brighter Communities Worldwide | 320,000 |
| Camden Trust | 84,000 |
| Centre for Global Education | 75,000 |
| Children In Crossfire | 707,493 |
| Christian Aid Ireland | 6,609,187 |
| Christian Blind Mission Ireland | 370,000 |
| City of Dublin Education and Training Board | 79,767 |
| Cloyne Diocesan Youth Services | 55,000 |
| Comhlámh | 433,928 |
| Concern Worldwide | 32,522,996 |
| Development Perspectives | 290,000 |
| Dóchas | 490,000 |
| Dublin City University | 363,096 |
| ECO-UNESCO | 120,000 |
| Educate Together | 29,857 |
| Engineers Without Borders Ireland | 45,000 |
| Fields of Life | 200,000 |
| Financial Justice Ireland | 75,000 |
| FoodCloud | 77,000 |
| Friends of the Earth Ireland | 70,000 |
| Front Line Defenders | 592,337 |
| Galway One World Centre | 35,000 |
| Global Action Plan CLG | 50,000 |
| Goal | 13,759,468 |
| Ifrah Foundation | 40,000 |
| Inishowen Development Partnership | 100,000 |
| Irish Council for International Students | 6,406,105 |
| Irish Development Education Association | 500,000 |
| Irish Global Health Network and ESTHER Ireland | 120,000 |
| Irish League of Credit Unions International Development Foundation | 320,000 |
| Irish Rule of Law International | 956,000 |
| Leprosy Mission Northern Ireland | 100,000 |
| Lourdes Youth and Community Services | 60,000 |
| Maynooth University | 45,000 |
| Meath Community Rural and Social Development | 45,000 |
| Misean Cara | 15,500,000 |
| Munster Technological University (MTU) | 160,000 |
| National Youth Council of Ireland | 400,000 |
| Nepal Leprosy Trust Ireland | 90,000 |
| NI Alternatives Ltd | 20,000 |
| Nurture Africa | 280,000 |
| Orbis Ireland | 250,000 |
| Oxfam Ireland | 4,909,241 |
| Plan International Ireland | 4,838,257 |
| Proudly Made in Africa | 75,000 |
| Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland | 450,000 |
| Royal Dublin Society | 27,789 |
| Royal National Lifeboat Institution | 75,000 |
| Scouting Ireland | 100,000 |
| Self Help Africa | 5,126,037 |
| Serve in Solidarity Ireland | 280,000 |
| Sightsavers Ireland | 2,027,911 |
| Social and Health Education Project | 90,000 |
| Suas Educational Development | 469,609 |
| Tearfund Ireland | 371,650 |
| The Irish Girl Guides | 70,000 |
| Trinity College Dublin | 40,000 |
| Trócaire | 25,870,864 |
| Ubuntu Network University of Limerick | 276,374 |
| UCD Volunteers Overseas | 50,000 |
| University College Cork | 73,623 |
| University of Limerick | 65,000 |
| Vita | 586,263 |
| World Vision Ireland | 5,040,770 |
| YMCA Ireland | 41,098 |
| Youth Work Ireland Tipperary | 24,288 |
Foreign based NGOs | Amount (€) |
|---|---|
| AAU Institute for Peace and Security Studies | 49,952 |
| Action Against Hunger | 2,049,834 |
| Addameer Prison Support And Human Rights | 80,625 |
| AFKAR | 38,020 |
| Aidlink | 380,000 |
| Al Haq, Law in the Service of Man | 80,625 |
| Amideast | 59,700 |
| Amref Health Africa | 400,000 |
| Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda | 100,000 |
| Apheda Vietnam | 150,000 |
| ASCO | 43,000 |
| Associação ALPS Resilience Mozambique | 400,000 |
| Associação Focus Fistula | 25,000 |
| Associação Inst. Para Democracia Multipartidaria | 200,000 |
| Association for Inclusive Peace | 150,000 |
| Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide | 149,270 |
| BBC Media Action | 350,000 |
| Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation | 800,000 |
| Bimkom Planners for Planning Rights | 80,625 |
| Blue Action Fund | 1,500,000 |
| Britain Nepal Medical Trust | 25,000 |
| British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group | 80,000 |
| Bunda College Of Agriculture | 150,000 |
| CANADEM | 20,000 |
| Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust | 20,557 |
| Care International | 550,000 |
| Carter Center | 200,000 |
| CDI Vietnam | 120,000 |
| Center for Civilians in Conflict | 79,900 |
| Centre de Contrôle Démocratique des Forces Armées | 200,000 |
| Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue | 150,000 |
| Centre for Social Concern | 120,000 |
| Child's Cup Full | 20,000 |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative | 1,700,000 |
| Comet ME | 75,000 |
| Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation | 500,000 |
| Concern Universal | 1,000,000 |
| Conciliation Resources | 1,100,000 |
| Corporación Grupo de Diálogo sobre Minería | 34,360 |
| Crisis Action Ltd | 80,000 |
| Danish Institute Against Torture | 50,000 |
| Democratic Progress Institute | 75,000 |
| Dialogue Advisory Group (Dag) | 150,000 |
| Doctors with Africa CUAMM | 1,300,000 |
| ECPAT International | 100,000 |
| Edward Said National Conservatory of Music | 38,981 |
| Emergency Nutrition Network | 710,000 |
| European Centre for Development Policy Management | 320,000 |
| European Endowment for Democracy | 150,000 |
| European Institute for Peace | 150,000 |
| Family Health International - FHI 360 | 900,000 |
| Fédération Internationale des Journalistes | 20,000 |
| Federation of Women Associations of Turkey | 25,000 |
| Fisheries Transparency Initiative | 100,000 |
| Focus 1000 | 300,000 |
| Forum Against Harmful Practices | 200,000 |
| Forum of Federations | 260,000 |
| Frontline AIDS | 300,000 |
| Fundação Hakuna Matata | 60,550 |
| Fundação MASC | 400,000 |
| Fundo Socioambiental Casa | 230,000 |
| Geneva Call | 150,000 |
| Gisha-Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement | 80,625 |
| Global Witness Trust | 200,000 |
| Halo Trust | 2,600,000 |
| Health Poverty Action | 100,000 |
| Heifer International | 56,227 |
| Helen Keller International | 250,000 |
| HelpAge International | 841,428 |
| HIVOS Foundation | 300,000 |
| Human Rights and Democracy Media Center | 38,000 |
| Human Rights Centre | 200,000 |
| IBON International Foundation Inc | 72,000 |
| ILGA World | 150,000 |
| Institute for Governance Reform | 400,000 |
| Institute for Integrated Transitions | 250,000 |
| Institute for Security Studies | 200,000 |
| Institute of Development Studies | 150,000 |
| Institute of European Affairs | 55,000 |
| Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE) | 300,000 |
| Instituto Igarape | 67,000 |
| Instituto Socioambiental | 270,000 |
| International Alert | 950,000 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | 24,800,000 |
| International Crisis Group | 400,000 |
| International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics | 200,000 |
| International Federation for Human Rights | 250,000 |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | 3,410,000 |
| International Fertiliser Development Centre | 225,000 |
| International Food Policy Research Institute | 105,526 |
| International Institute for Environment and Development | 3,325,000 |
| International Justice Mission Uganda | 250,000 |
| International Partnership For Microbicides | 1,000,000 |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation | 300,000 |
| International Potato Center | 1,444,039 |
| International Rescue Committee | 4,600,000 |
| International Service for Human Rights | 250,000 |
| International Union for Conservation of Nature | 600,000 |
| Interpeace | 150,000 |
| Ir Amim | 40,000 |
| Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre | 83,171 |
| Justice Rapid Response Association | 50,000 |
| Kvinna Till Kvinna Foundation | 120,000 |
| Legal and Human Rights Centre | 400,000 |
| Lin Center for Community Vietnam | 100,000 |
| Marine Megafauna Foundation | 85,000 |
| Martin Ennals Foundation | 50,000 |
| Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation | 125,000 |
| Maternal Child Health Advocacy International | 108,849 |
| Mercy Corps Netherlands | 86,250 |
| Middle East Initiatives | 56,200 |
| Miftah | 80,625 |
| Minority Rights Group | 200,000 |
| Moroto Diocese | 63,000 |
| Movement Towards Peace and Development Agency | 300,000 |
| MozParks | 110,000 |
| MwAPATA Institute Limited | 58,826 |
| National Association of Women Organisation in Uganda | 100,000 |
| National Forum of People Living with HIV/AIDS | 200,000 |
| National Smallholder Farmers | 1,500,000 |
| Negotiation Strategies Institute | 20,000 |
| Norwegian Refugee Council | 300,000 |
| Overseas Development Institute | 1,148,225 |
| Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | 80,625 |
| Parque Nacional da Gorongosa | 1,000,000 |
| Penabulu Foundation | 25,000 |
| Plan International Liberia | 470,000 |
| Plan International Vietnam | 1,340,000 |
| Purposeful | 700,000 |
| Rainbo Initiative | 509,975 |
| Raising Voices | 270,000 |
| Rede Came | 60,000 |
| Renew Vietnam | 350,000 |
| REPOA | 500,000 |
| Saferworld | 400,000 |
| Samusocial International | 26,000 |
| Save the Children Fund | 5,066,000 |
| School of Hard Knocks | 20,571 |
| Security Council Report | 75,000 |
| SEND Sierra Leone | 600,000 |
| Shamida Bright | 20,000 |
| Social Change Assistance Trust | 153,752 |
| Social Science Research Council | 40,000 |
| Sonke Gender Justice Network | 200,000 |
| South African Technological Network | 100,000 |
| Stockholm University | 473,000 |
| Straight Talk Foundation | 1,155,000 |
| Susamati | 60,000 |
| Talking Drum Studio Sierra Leone | 700,000 |
| Teach Sierra Leone | 100,000 |
| The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes | 250,000 |
| The Centre for Counselling Nutrition and Health Care | 700,000 |
| The Society of Women Graduates in Gaza Strip | 24,999 |
| Timran | 170,000 |
| Total Land Care | 652,678 |
| TradeMark East Africa | 1,750,000 |
| Transparency International | 350,000 |
| Tumaini La Maisha | 275,000 |
| United Nations Foundation (CleanCooking) | 723,050 |
| University of Pretoria Human Rights Center | 60,000 |
| UPR Info | 100,000 |
| Uzikwasa | 450,159 |
| Vietnam National University | 304,820 |
| Vietnam National University of Agriculture | 333,427 |
| Women's Environment and Development Organization | 450,000 |
| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | 60,000 |
| World Organisation Against Torture | 75,000 |
| Yesh Din Volunteers for Human Rights | 80,625 |
| Young Scientist Kenya | 157,044 |
| Zambian Financial Sector Deepening | 300,000 |
| Zimbabwe Institute | 350,000 |
| ZOA Liberia | 280,000 |
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