Patrick Costello
Ceist:61. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Annual Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25164/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 11 June 2024
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Freagraí scríofa
Ireland’s policy for international development, A Better World, sets out the priorities and areas for intervention for development assistance across government departments. Supporting countries and communities most seriously in need is the core work of Ireland’s development assistance programme. A Better World, focuses on addressing the needs of countries and communities who are furthest behind. It has a particular emphasis on those in the world’s poorest or climate-exposed regions, especially women and girls.
The Government delivers this support through our bilateral development programme, channelled through Irish Embassies in relevant countries, through civil society and humanitarian organisations and multilateral organisations such as the United Nations. The most important criterion for decisions on which channel to use is the ability of the partner to reach those in need in the most effective way possible.
The Department of Foreign Affairs publishes an annual report on Ireland's Official Development Assistance programme, setting out the details of funding and its impact. The report includes a series of annexes with detailed statistical information on programme expenditure, showing the distribution of aid, the amounts allocated to priority focus areas and amounts provided through different channels and to different countries.
I expect that the 2023 report will be published in October this year. Annual Reports for 2022 and previous years are available on the Irish Aid website.