Tom Brabazon (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of money which the State has provided to the UNFPA from 2024 to date. [33452/25]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is a longstanding and highly valued partner for the Government's international development programme. In 2024 and 2025 to date, Ireland has provided a total of €18 million in support to UNFPA: €13.1 million in 2024 and €4.9 million to date in 2025.

The 2024 funding of €13.1 million involved a core grant of €4.5 million, bilateral funding totalling €3.6m for development programmes managed by our Embassies in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and €5 million for humanitarian programmes in Ukraine and Haiti.So far in 2025 we have provided an annual core grant of €4.5 million and €400,000 for the UNFPA development programme in Sierra Leone. In addition, later this month, Ireland will provide €2 million to the UNFPA Supplies Partnership Trust Fund, which is one of the world’s largest providers of donated contraceptive supplies for developing countries. This will support UNFPA goals to end preventable maternal death, reduce unmet need for contraception, and eliminate gender based violence and harmful practices such as child marriage.

This engagement is in line with our commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals and our international development priorities, as set out in the Government's international development policy A Better World. The policy 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.