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Overseas Development Aid

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2026

Wednesday, 6 May 2026

Questions (26, 34)

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

26. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total annual amount of Official Development Assistance allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes from 2019 to date in 2026, broken down by programme category, including maternal health, family planning, HIV and sexually transmitted infection programmes, gender-based violence services, and any other relevant categories, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32357/26]

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Ken O'Flynn

Question:

34. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Irish Official Development Assistance provided to the International Planned Parenthood Federation from 2019 to date in 2026, broken down by year, programme purpose, and whether the funding was core or earmarked, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32367/26]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 34 together.

Details of the amounts, categories, and type of ODA funding provided by Ireland for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), for the period 2019 to 2024, are provided in Table 1 below. This table includes recipient organisations, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Confirmed data for 2025 will be available in the coming months. Data for 2026 will be available in 2027.

In the management and oversight of ODA, Ireland reports on expenditure in line with the categories defined by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Details on the categorisation of funding for SRHR are provided in Table 2 below.

Table 1: ODA provision and codes for sexual and reproductive health, 2019 to 2024

Recipient

Core/ un-earmarked funding

Programme funding

DAC Code (s)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Aidspan

Y

POP040

100,000

Amref Health, Africa

Y

POP020

1,140,000

APCOM Hero Awards, Thailand

Y

POP040

6,000

Associascao Focus Fistula, Mozambique

Y

POP020

25,000

150,000

150,000

Associacao TV Surdo, Mozambique

Y

POP020

25,000

Brighter Communities Worldwide, Kenya

Y

POP020

24,710

24,710

21,846

25,063

22,487

Campaña Global por la Libertad de Expresión,México

Y

POP020

5,000

Care Love Charity Foundation, Ghana

Y

POP040

10,000

Chanasa Malawi Trustee for Development

Y

POP020

5,000

Christian Blind Mission

Y

POP030

11,997

Clinton Foundation Health Access Initative

Y

POP020

1,220,000

1,665,000

300,000

Comprehensive Community Based Rehab, Tanzania

Y

POP020

550,000

Duyan Project (Brighter Homes), Philippines

Y

POP040

15,258

Frontline AIDS

Y

INF064

150,000

150,000

300,000

300,000

300,000

Girl Child Network

Y

POP020

3,920

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

Y

INF064

6,250,000

7,500,000

7,500,000

8,750,000

10,875,000

10,750,000

Health Poverty Action

Y

POP081; POP030

90,000

81,900

38,000

71,015

64,641

HERA right to development, Macedonia

Y

POP040

24,989

International Partnership for Microbicides

Y

INF064

1,250,000

1,250,000

1,250,000

1,000,000

International Planned Parenthood Federation

Y

POP020

300,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

Irish Global Health Network & ESTHER Ireland

Y

POP040

10,000

Jamacia, AIDS Support for Life

Y

POP040

26,949

Karonga Debate Club, Malawi

Y

POP020

6,037

Kota Bandung, Indonesia

Y

INF064

15,000

Mae Tao Clinic, Thailand

Y

POP040

19,143

6,559

16,802

5,000

Maternal & Childhealth Advocacy International

Y

POP020

100,000

198,202

Medici Con L'Africa, Doctors with Africa, Uganda

Y

POP030

21,319

800,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

900,000

Misean Cara

Y

POP020

1,103,687

1,254,848

1,010,320

1,132,665

1,069,429

789,351

National Forum for People Living with HIV, Uganda

Y

POP040

200,000

Nurture Africa

Y

POP030; POP040

90,500

90,500

90,500

91,000

107,600

99,600

Penabulu Foundation, Indonesia

Y

POP040

15,000

Save The Children

Y

POP0020

526,499

Straight Talk Foundation, Uganda

Y

POP040

1,300,000

The Population Council, Inc

Y

POP040

500,000

500,000

UCC Dept Food Business & Development

Y

POP020

8,333

9,722

2,941

Uganda AIDS commission

Y

POP040

4,191

UNAIDS

Y

INF064

2,950,000

2,400,000

3,400,000

2,500,000

2,500,000

2,500,000

UNDP

Y

POP040

2,450,000

UNESCO

Y

POP040

500,000

500,000

500,000

1,500,000

500,000

UNFPA (updated)

Y

Y

POP020; GOV180

5,500,000

5,549,500

6,490,442

9,915,708

10,255,600

13,100,000

World Health Organisation

Y

POP020

1,000,000

Yayasan Rumah Rachel / Rachel House, Indonesia

Y

POP040

10,000

Total

24,110,330

21,058,419

21,260,869

25,842,252

29,946,734

31,670,878

Table 2: OECD Development Assistance Committee purpose codes relevant for SRHR

DAC Purpose Code

Description

Clarification

16064

Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS

Special programmes to address the consequences of HIV/AIDS, e.g. social, legal and economic assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS including food security and employment; support to vulnerable groups and children orphaned by HIV/AIDS; human rights of HIV/AIDS affected people.

13010

Population policy and administrative management

Population/development policies; demographic research/analysis; reproductive health research; unspecified population activities.

13096

Population statistics and data

Collection, production, management and dissemination of statistics and data related to Population and Reproductive Health. Includes census work, vital registration, migration data collection, demographic data, etc.

13020

Reproductive health care

Promotion of reproductive health; prenatal and postnatal care including delivery; prevention and treatment of infertility; prevention and management of consequences of abortion; safe motherhood activities.

13030

Family planning

Family planning services including counselling; information, education and communication (IEC) activities; delivery of contraceptives; capacity building and training.

13040

STD control including HIV/AIDS

All activities related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS control e.g. information, education and communication; testing; prevention; treatment, care.

13081

Personnel development for population and reproductive health

Education and training of health staff for population and reproductive health care services.

15180

Ending violence against women and girls

Support to programmes designed to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls/gender-based violence. This encompasses a broad range of forms of physical, sexual and psychological violence including but not limited to: intimate partner violence (domestic violence); sexual violence; female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C); child, early and forced marriage; acid throwing; honour killings; and trafficking of women and girls. Prevention activities may include efforts to empower women and girls; change attitudes, norms and behaviour; adopt and enact legal reforms; and strengthen implementation of laws and policies on ending violence against women and girls, including through strengthening institutional capacity. Interventions to respond to violence against women and girls/gender-based violence may include expanding access to services including legal assistance, psychosocial counselling and health care; training personnel to respond more effectively to the needs of survivors; and ensuring investigation, prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of violence.

Details of Ireland’s ODA spending are published in the Department's ODA Annual Report.

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