113. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of, and his views on, the total amount of taxpayers' money allocated to overseas aid with provision for 'reproductive rights' services, and specifically with regard to moneys to fund or promote abortion provision, from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [11051/25]
Topics / Overseas Development Aid
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsOverseas Development Aid
93 questions from 28 TDs, between 12 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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133. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the aftermath of the legalisation of abortion here, any policy change took place with regard to the funding of overseas abortions; if funding from the State currently funds abortion abroad; if so, the amounts donated and to whom, for the years 2019-2024; the conditions or stipulations attached to any such funding, in the event that it …
182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to schools, or other bodies under the aegis of his Department, who are providing educational support to women and girls in Afghanistan suffering under the Taliban regime which limits females access to education; if this is an area where more can be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706…
186. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas development aid which was directed to South Africa in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8976/25]
187. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list any aid organisations, philanthropic organisations or governments that have liaised with the Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Aid programme and contributed financially to projects in Ireland, specifically regarding the provision of abortion and or advocacy for same in Ireland, for the years 2014 to 2024, including the precise amoun…
190. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the knock-on impact to Irish charities (details supplied) due to the cut in USAID; if he plans to meet with these groups to discuss the way to bridge this funding gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9462/25]
192. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional humanitarian assistance the Government will provide to Burma/Myanmar in light of the impending risk of famine in Rakhine state, potentially affecting up to two million people and the broader worsening humanitarian situation across the country and the reduction of USAID to humanitarian programmes in Burma/Myanmar and the border…
195. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the supports Ireland can give either unilaterally, or working with European partners, to help women and girls in Afghanistan who are suffering under the rule of the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9708/25]
53. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is developing plans for maintaining essential services, in the interim and longer term, of Irish non-governmental agencies engaged in humanitarian and global health work disrupted by the Presidential executive order by President Trump halting most US humanitarian and global health funding; if this would be done through emergency contin…
54. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends utilising the Irish Presidency of the EU to communicate the need for Europe to conduct an immediate review of its policy and actions in relation to the provision of humanitarian and global health funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/25]
55. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider having Ireland be the 40th country to formally join the UNAID's Global Partnership for Action to eliminate all forms of HIV-related stigma and discrimination and consider this as part of the program for the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/25]
8. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his Department’s planned response to the US presidential executive order of 31 January 2025, the effect of which is to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6578/25]
9. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a formal request to the US ambassador that the US side of all joint consortium arrangements with Irish Aid which were in place at 31 January 2025 be honoured in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/25]
10. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide figures on all the joint donor consortia or other collaborative arrangements which existed between Irish Aid and the United States Agency for International Development as at 31 January 2025, across the operational spectrum of Ireland’s international development engagement, broken down by country, by financial allocation an…
11. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has identified whether there are instances of such multi-donor instruments in which Ireland would be obliged to make up the shortfall for the precipitate cancellation of the United States Agency for International Development contribution; if he will provide an estimate of the budgetary implications thereof, including possib…
12. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions planned to be taken at EU level to coordinate Member States’ response to the vacuum created by the effective withdrawal of the United States Agency for International Development from the international development arena; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6582/25]
80. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of all overseas development aid projects sponsored or supported by his Department that have been co-funded in conjunction with the United States Agency for International Development in each year from 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4941/25]
81. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken to protect the interests of Irish charities and NGOs and their beneficiaries which may be adversely affected by the recent decision by the US president to shut down USAID. [4943/25]