Written Answers Nos. 23-42
23. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State bodies that are responsible to her Department. [32288/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has robust procedures in place for the receipt and management of reports made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended in 2022.
All reports are managed in accordance with the Act, including ensuring secure and confidential reporting channels for the receipt of reports. I am satisfied that no protected disclosures have gone missing or been compromised in my Department.
There are no State bodies under the aegis of my Department.
24. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by her Department or any organisation with responsibility to her Department. [32308/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Civil Service offers a number of flexible working opportunities for eligible staff. These include unpaid leave of the types listed below. Career breaks and special leave is applied for and granted in accordance with the relevant circulars and subject to the business needs of the Department.
The numbers of staff in Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade currently on unpaid leave as of 07 April 2026 is provided in the table below. Officers availing of their statutory right to extended maternity leave are not included.
|
Reason for Leave of Absence |
Number |
|
Career Break |
34 |
|
Carer's Leave |
1 |
|
Shorter Working Year |
10 |
|
Special Leave to work in a European institution |
7 |
|
Special Leave to accompany a spouse abroad on posting |
8 |
|
Special Leave to work in the United Nations |
1 |
|
Special Leave to work in an international institution of which Ireland is a member |
1 |
|
Total |
62 |
25. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign births register application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32338/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraWith regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Foreign Birth Registration Unit of the Passport Service is liaising with the applicant in relation to this application.
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]
Amharc ar fhreagra34. 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]
Amharc ar fhreagraI 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.
27. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department applies a formal classification system to distinguish between direct, indirect, and ancillary services in relation to abortion within overseas aid programmes; if so, to provide details of that classification system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32358/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra28. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any portion of funding provided under sexual and reproductive health programmes is used for services related to abortion, including post-abortion care or treatment of complications arising from abortion; if so, to provide a breakdown by programme type and recipient organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32359/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra35. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has received any assurance from UNFPA, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, or other recipient organisations that Irish taxpayer funding is not used to provide or promote abortion as a method of family planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32368/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra37. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any Irish Official Development Assistance funding since 2019 has been provided to organisations that also provide abortion services, abortion-related advocacy, or abortion-related policy support internationally; if so, to provide the names of those organisations and the amounts provided by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32370/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra39. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department distinguishes in its overseas aid reporting between funding for post-abortion medical care and funding for the provision of abortion services; if so, to provide the definitions used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32372/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 27, 28, 35, 37 and 39 together.
The Government's policy for international development, A Better World, recognises sexual and reproductive health and rights as fundamental to women's health and essential for gender equality.
Details of Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) are published in Department's ODA Annual Report.
Information on the amounts provided for sexual and reproductive health and rights, for the period 2019 to 2024, is provided in the table below. Confirmed data for 2025 will be available in the coming months.
In the management and oversight of ODA, we report on our support for essential health and reproductive health care. Reporting on funding for reproductive health care is line with OECD purpose codes, specifically ‘Population policies, programmes and reproductive health’, defined as the ‘promotion of reproductive health; prenatal and postnatal care including delivery; prevention and treatment of infertility; prevention and management of consequences of abortion; and safe motherhood activities’. Donors are not required to apply a further classification system.
Health care and service providers supported with ODA are required to adhere to relevant national laws and regulations, and WHO standards and guidelines for care, including with regard to termination of pregnancy care. Annual monitoring and due diligence checks by Ireland, as well as robust audits and institutional capacity assessments, provide the necessary assurances that partners operate within all relevant legal and technical frameworks.
Ireland’s ODA for sexual and reproductive health prioritises measures to secure better health outcomes for women, new-born children, and marginalised groups. The promotion or provision of abortion is not a central element of Ireland’s development cooperation engagements, and no funding is earmarked for this purpose. Furthermore, and in line with WHO norms, Ireland does not promote abortion as a method of family planning. We place a particular emphasis on measures such as contraception and education to prevent unintended pregnancies, including for girls and adolescent women, including in humanitarian settings. This helps in the achievement of better health outcomes for children, and the reduction of maternal mortality, unsafe abortion, and the incidence of obstetric fistula.
ODA provision for sexual and reproductive health, 2019 to 2024:
|
Recipient |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Aidspan |
100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amref Health, Africa |
1,140,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
APCOM Hero Awards, Thailand |
|
|
|
|
|
6,000 |
|
Associascao Focus Fistula, Mozambique |
|
|
|
25,000 |
150,000 |
150,000 |
|
Associacao TV Surdo, Mozambique |
|
|
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
Brighter Communities Worldwide, Kenya |
24,710 |
24,710 |
21,846 |
25,063 |
22,487 |
|
|
Campaña Global por la Libertad de Expresión,México |
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Care Love Charity Foundation, Ghana |
|
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
Chanasa Malawi Trustee for Development |
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
Christian Blind Mission |
|
|
|
|
11,997 |
|
|
Clinton Foundation Health Access Initative |
1,220,000 |
1,665,000 |
300,000 |
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive Community Based Rehab, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
550,000 |
|
|
Duyan Project (Brighter Homes), Philippines |
|
|
|
|
15,258 |
|
|
Frontline AIDS |
|
150,000 |
150,000 |
300,000 |
300,000 |
300,000 |
|
Girl Child Network |
3,920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria |
6,250,000 |
7,500,000 |
7,500,000 |
8,750,000 |
10,875,000 |
10,750,000 |
|
Health Poverty Action |
90,000 |
81,900 |
38,000 |
71,015 |
64,641 |
|
|
HERA right to development, Macedonia |
24,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Partnership for Microbicides |
1,250,000 |
1,250,000 |
1,250,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
International Planned Parenthood Federation |
|
|
|
300,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
Irish Global Health Network & ESTHER Ireland |
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jamacia, AIDS Support for Life |
|
|
|
|
|
26,949 |
|
Karonga Debate Club, Malawi |
|
|
|
|
|
6,037 |
|
Kota Bandung, Indonesia |
|
|
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
Mae Tao Clinic, Thailand |
|
19,143 |
6,559 |
16,802 |
5,000 |
|
|
Maternal & Childhealth Advocacy International |
100,000 |
|
198,202 |
|
|
|
|
Medici Con L'Africa, Doctors with Africa, Uganda |
|
21,319 |
800,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
900,000 |
|
Misean Cara |
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 |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
Nurture Africa |
90,500 |
90,500 |
90,500 |
91,000 |
107,600 |
99,600 |
|
Penabulu Foundation, Indonesia |
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
Save The Children |
|
526,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
Straight Talk Foundation, Uganda |
1,300,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Population Council, Inc |
|
|
|
|
500,000 |
500,000 |
|
UCC Dept Food Business & Development |
8,333 |
|
|
|
9,722 |
2,941 |
|
Uganda AIDS commission |
4,191 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
UNAIDS |
2,950,000 |
2,400,000 |
3,400,000 |
2,500,000 |
2,500,000 |
2,500,000 |
|
UNDP |
2,450,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
UNESCO |
500,000 |
500,000 |
|
500,000 |
1,500,000 |
500,000 |
|
UNFPA (updated) |
5,500,000 |
5,549,500 |
6,490,442 |
9,915,708 |
10,255,600 |
13,100,000 |
|
World Health Organisation |
|
|
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
Yayasan Rumah Rachel / Rachel House, Indonesia |
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total, as of 30 April, 2026 |
24,110,330 |
21,058,419 |
21,260,869 |
25,842,252 |
29,946,734 |
31,670,878 |
29. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the audit and oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that funds allocated to sexual and reproductive health programmes are used in accordance with stated policy; whether programme-level audits are conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32360/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra30. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether all recipient organisations of Irish Official Development Assistance funding for sexual and reproductive health are required to provide outcome-based reporting; if so, to provide examples of the outcome metrics used and any published results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32361/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra31. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which her Department tracks the end-use of funds provided to multilateral organisations, including but not limited to UN agencies, in the area of sexual and reproductive health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32362/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra36. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department requires recipient organisations of sexual and reproductive health funding to separate expenditure on maternal health, contraception, HIV prevention, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, and gender-based violence services in financial reporting to the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32369/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra38. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has conducted any risk assessment since 2019 on the use of Irish Official Development Assistance in sexual and reproductive health programmes where recipient organisations also provide abortion services, abortion-related advocacy, or abortion-related policy support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32371/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra40. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has withheld, suspended, recovered, or reclassified any sexual and reproductive health funding since 2019 due to concerns about end-use, reporting, eligibility, or compliance with Ireland's stated development policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32373/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 29, 30, 31, 36, 38 and 40 together.
All organisations in receipt of Irish Official Development Assistance (ODA), are required to demonstrate they have adequate systems and structures in place to ensure the highest standards of governance and accountability, in line with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform requirements for organisations in receipt of Exchequer funding. This applies regardless of which sector eligible for ODA the organisation is working in.
All organisations in receipt of ODA are required to produce annual progress and expenditure reports, as well as audited financial statements. Reporting and audit requirements are reflected in grant specific agreements, or contracts, exchanged with ODA recipients prior to the release of funds. For larger, multi-donor programmes, programme specific audits may also be prepared.
Robust systems are in place on the traceability of Ireland’s funding to multilateral agencies. We rely on strong internal and external oversight functions, which we and other donors have insisted on for multilateral agencies. Detailed reports and recommendations on the use of funding are presented and reviewed at Executive Board level, and by steering group meetings. Ireland engages actively on the Executive Boards of several UN agencies. We also implement detailed accountability mechanisms to monitor performance and expenditure by international development NGOs, such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation. The OECD has commended Ireland for the quality of its partnership with international development NGOs.
In tracking and reporting end-use of funding, organisations typically report against a pre-agreed set of activities and results, or outcomes, and related expenditure plans. There is no requirement for organisations to separate planned expenditure against all outcomes relevant for the broad sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda. However, organisations are required to present and report against activities, outcomes and expenditure in line with their known areas of expertise, including, for example, family planning or maternal health. Intended outcomes are set out in strategies and detailed programme documents which are appraised and assessed prior to any funding decisions, in line with the Department’s Standard Approach to Grant Management.
Examples of outcome metrics reported for UNFPA’s Supplies Partnership Programme, for instance, include the prevention of nearly 10 million unintended pregnancies, the aversion of 3 million unsafe abortions, and the prevention of 2 million STIs and 200,000 HIV infections in 2024. Ireland provided €2million for this programme in 2024. Outcome metrics for 2025 will be available in due course.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade prioritises the management of risk with all of its partner organisations. A risk assessment is required and conducted for all grants in accordance with the Department’s Standard Approach to Grant Management, and in line with the Department’s Risk Management Policy.
The Department reserves the right to reduce grants, stop transfers or withhold future payments if contractual obligations are not met, if it emerges that the funds are not being used, or have not been used for the purposes for which they have been made available, or where instances of fraud or corrupt practices are suspected or have been found to have occurred. No funds have been suspended, recovered, or reclassified for any sexual and reproductive health funding since 2019 due to concerns about end-use, reporting, eligibility, or compliance with Ireland's development cooperation policy.
32. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will be issued for persons (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32363/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraWith regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued the passports to the applicants.
33. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Irish Official Development Assistance provided to UNFPA 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. [32366/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. It works in over 150 countries to achieve three main goals by 2030: to end preventable maternal deaths, eliminate the unmet need for family planning, and stop gender-based violence and harmful practices.
UNFPA is a longstanding and highly valued partner of Ireland’s international development cooperation programme. Our partnership with UNFPA is in line with the Government's policy for international development, A Better World. It recognises that access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services is fundamental to transforming women's health outcomes and is a prerequisite for women’s empowerment and gender equality, and therefore for sustainable development.
Information is provided below on Ireland’s funding to UNFPA from 2019 to 2024. Details of Ireland’s Official Development Assistance are published in our Annual Reports. Confirmed data for 2025 will be available in the coming months and data for 2026 will be available next year.
Funding to UNFPA 2019 to 2024
|
Purpose |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Core Funding |
€3,500,000 |
€3,500,000 |
€3,500,000 |
€4,000,000 |
€4,500,000 |
€4,500,000 |
|
Earmarked - Ending violence against women and girls |
€650,000 |
€1,049,500 |
€2,515,000 |
€1,015,708 |
€1,155,600 |
€800,000 |
|
Earmarked – Supplies Partnership |
|
|
|
|
€2,000,000 |
€2,000,000 |
|
Earmarked - Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitation |
|
|
|
|
|
€1,500,000 |
|
Earmarked - Material relief assistance and services |
€1,000,000 |
|
|
€3,500,000 |
|
€3,500,000 |
|
Earmarked - Population policy and administrative management |
€350,000 |
|
€250,000 |
€200,000 |
|
|
|
Earmarked - Public sector policy and administrative management |
|
|
|
|
|
€100,000 |
|
Earmarked - Reproductive health care |
|
€1,000,000 |
€225,442 |
|
€2,600,000 |
€700,000 |
|
Earmarked - Women’s rights organisations and government institutions |
|
|
|
€1,200,000 |
|
|
41. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the 21 Irish people participating in the 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza; the engagement her Department has had to ensure the safe passage through international waters of these Irish citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32647/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am aware that Irish citizens are participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla. My officials are in direct and ongoing contact with its Ireland-based organisers.
I am also aware of an operation that took place on Wednesday 29 April in waters close to Greece that resulted in the interception of several ships participating in the Gaza Sumud Flotilla, and the detention of seven Irish citizens.
I condemned the interception of vessels in international waters, and called on the Israeli authorities to release all Irish citizens, to uphold their obligations under international law, and to guarantee the safety and welfare of all those on board the Flotilla.
I can confirm that all seven Irish citizens were released in Greece and, after a short bus journey, were received by officials from our Embassy to Greece, as well as by our Honorary Consul, who provided them with consular assistance.
I note that a number of Irish citizens remain on board the Flotilla. While my Department continues to advise against all travel to Israel and Palestine, and advises that, should the security situation there deteriorate, our capacity to provide consular assistance might be limited, my priority remains their safety and wellbeing.
With this in mind, through our Embassy in Israel, my Department is in contact with the Israeli authorities to ensure that all our citizens are treated with dignity and in accordance with international law.
I can assure you that officials from across my Department, including those in relevant Embassies, will continue to actively monitor the situation, to engage with the relevant authorities and, should it prove necessary, to provide consular assistance.
42. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on when a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [32798/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll passport applications are subject to the terms of the Passports Act, 2008, as amended (“the Act“). The Act provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to that person. In order to meet this requirement, each passport applicant must demonstrate an entitlement to Irish citizenship by providing acceptable documentary evidence of this entitlement when making a first time passport application.
As set out in the Passport Service documentary requirements for all applications on my Department’s website, entitlement to Irish citizenship should be established via the presentation of relevant official documents.
With regard to the specific applicant to which the Deputy refers, the Passport Service has liaised with the applicant to assist them with their application.
