Overseas Development Aid

15. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on Irish aid to Nepal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50097/26]

56. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if more Irish aid will be provided to Nepal, especially to areas impacted by leprosy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50087/26]

219. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her current plans to meet the recommended target of 0.7% of GDP for overseas development aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42200/26]

165. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on EU humanitarian and development funding for the Sahel; the steps Ireland is taking at EU level to advocate for increased long-term investment in agricultural development in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38679/26]

255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland provides financial assistance or development aid to the government of Senegal or any of its agencies; if this will be reviewed in the light of that country’s increased penalties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36684/26]

256. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has considered writing review clauses into development co-operation agreements with recipient Governments which would be triggered in the event of backsliding on democracy, the rule of law or human rights (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36685/26]

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 …

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]

28. 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 …

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]

30. 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]

31. 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]

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]

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]

35. 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]

36. 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 statemen…

37. 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 …

38. 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 th…

39. 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]

40. 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]

224. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of support being provided to Irish NGOs and humanitarian partners operating in conflict and disaster-affected regions; the plans to strengthen Ireland’s overseas development and humanitarian response in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22461/26]

65. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the protection and promotion of democracy underpins Ireland's approach to overseas development aid. [20810/26]

4. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland’s overseas development aid policies and projects include measures to increase access to artificial intelligence and other technologies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15509/26]

259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Exchequer funding allocated by her Department in each of the past three years to international development and humanitarian assistance programmes; and to provide a breakdown of this funding by programme. [1096/26]

260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proportion of funding allocated under international development and humanitarian assistance programmes administered by her Department in each of the past three years that was expended on administration, management, consultancy, monitoring, and other overhead costs; and the proportion that was delivered directly to frontli…