Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 January 2022
84. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in 2021; and the countries or regions to which this support was directed. [3676/22]
View answerMy Department, through the Irish Aid programme, is a strong supporter of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global humanitarian network of 80 million people that assists those facing disaster, conflict and health and social emergencies. The Movement comprises the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC). The IFRC is the federation of 192 national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Organisations within the Movement share common principles but are not linked hierarchically.
Ireland and the ICRC have a Memorandum of Understanding for 2021-2022, under which Ireland commits to maintain its core funding of the ICRC at a minimum of €10 million annually. Irish Aid provided €16.1 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) last year: in addition to the core funding of €10 million, my Department, through Irish Aid, also funded the ICRC’s programming in Syria (€2.5 million), Ethiopia (€1 million), Burkina Faso (€500,000), Chad (€500,000), Mali (€500,000), Niger (€500,000) and Mozambique (€600,000).
Separately, Ireland contributed over €2.3 million to the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) in 2021. This included €1 million to the IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) and €600,000 in core funding. Ireland also funded IFRC programming in Haiti (€355,000), St Vincent & the Grenadines (€200,000), Brazil (€100,000) and Lithuania (€100,000) in 2021.
