Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 November 2023
244. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of Ireland's financial and in-kind assistance to Ukraine since February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52857/23]
View answerIreland has committed over €210 million in bilateral support to Ukraine since February 2022.
Funding by the Department of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine since February 2022 includes €20 million and €19 million in humanitarian support in 2022 and 2023 respectively; €20 million to the World Bank Group for the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Co-financing of the Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) in Ukraine; €6 million to the World Bank Group for the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF) to fund critical infrastructure projects in health, transport and energy; €4 million to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Small Business Impact Fund; €1.8 million in Voluntary Contributions to organisations including UNFPA, UNOHCHR and the UN Peacebuilding Fund; €1.5 million to UNHCR to fund the construction of as many as 75 prefabricated homes, to support communities devastated by the war; €1 million disbursed to the Office of the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court, to support ongoing investigations, including with regard to Ukraine (this is part of an overall €3 million commitment by Ireland to the ICC over a number of years); over €1 million in peace and stability funding to Ukraine across 2022 and 2023; €1 million to the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) Ukraine Solidarity Fund agreed during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council; €0.52 million to NGOs and Regional Organisations working in Ukraine; €0.5 million to the OECD Ukraine Country programme to deliver improved quality of reforms; and €427,505 in relation to the OSCE programmes in Ukraine.
This makes a total of some €77 million to date from Foreign Affairs (Votes 27 and 28) and forms part of a wider Government effort in support of Ukraine.
Other Government Departments have made contributions including in-kind and monetary supports to Ukraine, bringing the total value of Ireland’s humanitarian and stabilisation support (separate to EU contributions) to approximately € 90 million.
Ireland has also committed approximately €122 million of non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine under the European Peace Facility in 2022 and 2023, with approximately €10 million having been disbursed to date, in line with the reimbursement schedule agreed by Member States in Brussels.
Overall in 2023, Ireland has committed to provide €32 million in support to Ukraine and neighbouring countries. This includes humanitarian support, as well as funding as needed through the UN and other multilateral and IFI partners that are providing support for peacebuilding, recovery and reconstruction for Ukraine and the neighbourhood.
Alongside this, Ireland has committed an additional €43 million to addressing the wider consequences of the war globally, including food insecurity increasing fragility, and acute child malnutrition. In total, Ireland will provide over €75 million in support to Ukraine, its neighbours and to address the wider consequences of the war in 2023.
