Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023
63. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the costings of Ireland's aid programmes in Sub Saharan Africa for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [49701/23]
View answerThe Government's international development policy, A Better World, emphasises the priority attached to Africa, with a particular focus on those countries and communities furthest behind. This policy guides our engagement with African partners to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, with a special focus on gender equality; reducing humanitarian need; climate action; and strengthening governance. Ireland has twelve Embassies in sub-Saharan Africa, including the newest Embassy in our network in Dakar, Senegal.
Each year the Department of Foreign Affairs reports to the OECD Development Assistance Committee on overall expenditure on Official Development Assistance (ODA) against a set of internationally agreed statistical standards. This informs the Irish Aid Annual Report, which details our activities in partner countries and highlights the impact of the international development programme.
Statistical annexes to the Annual Report contain details of the top 30 recipient countries of bilateral ODA, including our partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Extracts from these tables are reproduced below. The Annual Reports for 2021 and 2022 are available publicly on the Irish Aid website.
In relation to figures for 2023, the full analysis of Ireland’s ODA programme will be available in 2024 and will be reflected in the Annual report for 2023.
Top recipients of Ireland’s Bilateral ODA in Sub-Saharan Africa
|
2021 |
2022 |
|
Recipient Country €000s |
Recipient Country €000s |
|
Ethiopia 40,563 |
Ethiopia 41,189 |
|
Mozambique 27,113 |
Mozambique 27,302 |
|
Tanzania 25,195 |
Tanzania 24,996 |
|
Uganda 24,412 |
Uganda 24,352 |
|
Malawi 17,422 |
Malawi 22,537 |
|
Sierra Leona 16,218 |
Sierra Leone 18,356 |
|
South Sudan 9,752 |
Somalia 16,499 |
|
Zimbabwe 9,113 |
South Sudan 13,142 |
|
Kenya 8,765 |
Kenya 11,434 |
|
Somalia 7,214 |
Zimbabwe 11,360 |
|
DRC 6,639 |
Sudan 9,267 |
|
Liberia 5,879 |
DRC 7,486 |
|
Sudan 5,407 |
Liberia 6,560 |
|
Central African 5,267 |
Zambia 6,123 |
|
Zambia 4,974 |
Central African Republic 4,725 |
|
South Africa 4,812 |
Niger 4,214 |
|
Niger 3,232 |
South Africa 4,048 |
|
Nigeria 2,511 |
