Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 February 2022
67. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of funding provided by Ireland in 2020 and 2021 to the United Nations broken down by UN body and committee, to international organisations by body or committee and in foreign aid by country in tabular form. [5246/22]
View answerIn line with A Better World, Ireland's international development policy, and international best practice, Ireland delivers its Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme through a range of different channels. These channels include funding through Multilateral Organisations, Non-Government Organisations and in partner countries amongst others. As part of Ireland's membership of the EU Ireland also contributes to EU development efforts.
Details of funding for 2020 to the EU, multilateral organisations, including UN Agencies Funds and Programmes, and the top thirty recipients of bilateral funding from Ireland, are set out below.
My Department publishes an annual report on Ireland's ODA programme, also known as Irish Aid, each year, detailing the totality of spend across Government on international development - approximately 60 percent of Ireland’s total ODA is administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs with the balance administered though other Departments. The annual report includes a series of annexes detailing statistical information collated in accordance with agreed OECD standards on programme expenditure which show the distribution of aid, the amounts allocated to priority focus areas and amounts given through the various channels and countries. The annual report serves as a core accountability and transparency tool, providing a comprehensive overview of expenditure under the aid programme, and demonstrating the results that have been achieved. Annual Reports for 2020 and previous years are available on the Irish Aid website. The report on 2021 will be available later this year.
Funding to the EU and to Multilateral Organisations 2020
|
€000s |
|
|
European Union Institutions |
230,106 |
|
UN Agencies Fund or Commission |
198,282 |
|
Other Multilateral Institutions |
40,209 |
|
World Bank Group |
39,202 |
|
Regional Development Banks |
23,281 |
|
World Trade Organisation |
1,700 |
|
Grand Total |
532,780 |
Top 30 Recipient Countries of Ireland's Bilateral ODA 2020*
|
Ethiopia |
39,677 |
|
Mozambique |
25,784 |
|
Tanzania |
22,901 |
|
Uganda |
22,762 |
|
Malawi |
20,844 |
|
Sierra Leone |
14,626 |
|
Zimbabwe |
8,771 |
|
Palestine |
8,619 |
|
South Sudan |
8,606 |
|
Kenya |
8,060 |
|
Vietnam |
7,539 |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
7,155 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
6,771 |
|
Somalia |
6,727 |
|
Sudan |
6,142 |
|
Yemen |
6,027 |
|
Zambia |
5,718 |
|
Turkey |
5,533 |
|
Central African Republic |
5,037 |
|
Liberia |
4,696 |
|
South Africa |
4,622 |
|
Jordan |
3,908 |
|
Lebanon |
3,771 |
|
Niger |
3,481 |
|
Afghanistan |
2,779 |
|
Colombia |
2,439 |
|
Bangladesh |
2,290 |
|
Myanmar |
2,263 |
|
Chad |
2,248 |
|
Rwanda |
1,891 |
*In the case of countries with major humanitarian crises, funding may be allocated to neighbouring countries or on a non-country specific basis. Figures for Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan include support to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
