Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Government's international development policy, A Better World, emphasises the priority attached to Africa, with a particular focus on those countries and communities furthest behind. This policy guides our engagement with African partners to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, with a special focus on gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action; and strengthening governance. Ireland has twelve Embassies in sub-Saharan Africa, including the newest Embassy in our network in Dakar, Senegal.

Each year the Department of Foreign Affairs reports to the OECD Development Assistance Committee on overall expenditure on Official Development Assistance (ODA) against a set of internationally agreed statistical standards. This informs the Irish Aid Annual Report, which details our activities in partner countries and highlights the impact of the international development programme.

Statistical annexes to the Annual Report contain details of the top 30 recipient countries of bilateral ODA, including our partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Extracts from these tables are reproduced below. The Annual Reports for 2021 and 2022 are available publicly on the Irish Aid website.

In relation to figures for 2023, the full analysis of Ireland’s ODA programme will be available in 2024 and will be reflected in the Annual report for 2023.

Top recipients of Ireland’s Bilateral ODA in Sub-Saharan Africa