Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a full list of the overseas governments and groups that received funding from the State from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in the area of "sexual and reproductive health"; and to provide details on how the monies were spent including written reports on usage of the funds, including in each case the amount of the monies given that was spent on abortion provision. [19047/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a full list of the overseas governments and groups that received funding from the Irish State from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in the area of sexual and reproductive health; and the details of the way the monies were spent including written reports on usage of the funds, including in each case the amount of the monies given was spent on abortion provision. [19382/25]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 207 together.

Development cooperation is integral to Ireland’s foreign policy. The Government's priorities are set out in A Better World, the whole of government policy for international development. It recognises that access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care is fundamental to transforming women's health outcomes and to realising sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Details of Ireland’s Official Development Assistance are reported annually to the OECD and published in our ODA Annual Report. Information is provided below on the amounts provided for sexual and reproductive health for the period 2019 to 2023. Data for 2024 will be available in the coming months. The funds involved have been provided and used for family planning, including the delivery of contraceptives; prenatal and postnatal care including delivery; prevention and treatment of infertility; prevention and management of consequences of abortion; safe motherhood activities; prevention, treatment, and the provision of social supports to mitigate the impact of sexually transmitted disease, including HIV and AIDS; and, education and training for health staff.

Our focus in development cooperation on sexual and reproductive health is on the prevention of sexual and gender based violence; enhanced maternal and new-born health; the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS; and, reducing unmet need for contraception amongst adolescent and young women, including those in humanitarian crises. The promotion or provision of abortion is not a central element, and no funding is earmarked for this purpose.