Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 April 2013
153. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of donations of €1m or more by Irish Aid to organizations in 2012, showing the organisation name and the amount donated. [18430/13]
View answerFor 2012, the Government provided almost €630 million in Official Development Assistance (ODA). Some 80% of the funding was managed by Irish Aid in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade under Vote 27 – International Cooperation. The remainder consisted of development contributions made through other Government Departments, and Ireland’s share of the EU Development Cooperation budget. Funding under the Government’s aid programme was provided for long term development programmes and emergency humanitarian assistance in some of the poorest countries and communities in the world. In 2012 the programme continued to prioritise the fight against global poverty and hunger, delivering targeted investments in the areas of education, health, good governance, food security and nutrition.
Funding under Vote 27 was delivered through trusted partners including UN Agencies, International Development Organisations, Non Governmental Organisations and Irish Missionary Organisations. The table below provides a listing of grants in excess of €1.0 million provided to those organisations from the Department’s headquarters in 2012. In addition, approximately one third of the Irish Aid programme was managed through our Embassies in Programme Countries, where we implement long term, strategic development partnership programmes. In 2012, Ireland’s Programme Countries were Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia in sub-Saharan Africa, and Timor Leste and Vietnam in Asia. Full details of this expenditure are currently being compiled for the Irish Aid annual report and will be available later in the year on the Irish Aid website, at www.irishaid.ie.
|
Organisation Name |
In € Millions |
|
United Nations Development Programme |
30.00 |
|
Concern Worldwide |
23.43 |
|
Trócaire |
18.47 |
|
The World Bank |
10.39 |
|
Misean Cara |
16.00 |
|
GOAL |
14.70 |
|
United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF |
10.25 |
|
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
11.80 |
|
World Food Programme |
11.00 |
|
United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund |
10.00 |
|
International Committee of the Red Cross |
8.80 |
|
United Nations Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
8.40 |
|
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
6.34 |
|
International Labour Organisation |
5.95 |
|
United Nations Office of Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
4.56 |
|
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS |
3.48 |
|
Oxfam Ireland |
3.30 |
|
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
3.28 |
|
United Nations Population Fund |
3.23 |
|
Christian Aid Ireland |
4.02 |
|
Plan Ireland |
3.02 |
|
Self Help Africa |
2.90 |
|
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization |
2.75 |
|
World Vision Ireland |
2.73 |
|
Irish Fair Trade Network |
2.66 |
|
World Health Organisation |
2.30 |
|
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
2.00 |
|
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
2.00 |
|
Medicines for Malaria Venture |
2.00 |
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
1.95 |
|
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women |
1.73 |
|
The Halo Trust |
1.64 |
|
Sight Savers International |
1.57 |
|
Médecins Sans Frontières |
1.03 |
