Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23815/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23833/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or regional entities; additional financial support from public sources, including any specific allocations through schemes designed to support NGOs, charities, and community organisations, any external or private funding that NGOs may have received, specifically indicating where state funding is used to leverage additional private or philanthropic donations. [23851/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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279. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice is monitored to ensure that taxpayer money is not indirectly supporting fee-based services. [23869/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrative expenses are in proportion to the benefits delivered to the public. [23942/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 276, 277, 278, 279 and 283 together.

My Department works closely with civil society partners, both at home and overseas, in the delivery of Irish Aid, the Government of Ireland's international development programme.

Further information on Irish Aid funding, including a full list of civil society partners, is available in its annual report. The latest report is for 2023 and can be found here:

www.ireland.ie/en/irish-aid/news-and-publications/annual-reports/annual-report-archive/annual-report-2023/.

The 2024 report will be published later this year.

In addition to Irish Aid funding, non governmental organisations are also beneficiaries under a number of schemes operated by my Department to support the delivery of our priorities at home and abroad. These include:

• Emigrant Support Programme
• Reconciliation and Shared Island Funding
• Communicating Europe Initiative