Written answers
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Funding
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding provided to multilateral international organisations in 2020 to date, by organisation and by year; if the funding was a recurring obligation or for a special purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19721/24]
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding provided through his Department to multilateral international organisations, by organisation, in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19723/24]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 72 together.
Funding provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs to international organisations in the years 2019 to 2023 and in 2024 to date is set out in the table below. The table includes mandatory payments arising from Ireland's membership of organisations - often known as assessed contributions - as well as additional voluntary contributions linked to Ireland's support for particular organisations, legal instruments, programmes or projects. In the time available, it has not been possible to provide a break-down of mandatory and voluntary contributions. This information will be provided separately to the Deputy.
| Organisation / Fund | 2019(€) | 2020(€) | 2021(€) | 2022(€) | 2023*(€) | 2024*(€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Development Bank (AfDB) | 2,150,002 | 2,000,000 | ||||
| African Tax Administration Forum | 400,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | |
| African Union (AU) | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | ||
| Anna Lindh Foundation | 25,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | |
| Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention (APLC) | 4,171 | 7,474 | 23,304 | 24,829 | 26,774 | |
| Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Secretariat | 5,639 | 3,847 | 4,514 | 26,157 | 24,992 | |
| Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) | 100,064 | 100,628 | 101,425 | 104,476 | 99,625 | |
| Asian Development Bank (ADB) | 3,600,000 | 4,200,000 | 3,000,000 | 300,000 | ||
| Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) | 4,488 | 20,204 | 5,000 | 10,064 | 22,570 | |
| Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | 50,000 | |||||
| Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) | 441,967 | 427,661 | 991,186 | 555,103 | ||
| Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR) | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 4,667,000 | 5,875,354 | ||
| Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) | 3,382 | 4,422 | 8,228 | 8,322 | ||
| Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) | 3,390 | 3,652 | 27,823 | 34,034 | 29,122 | |
| Council of Europe (COE) | 3,541,970 | 4,090,954 | 4,411,719 | 6,700,050 | 5,507,294 | 5,373,706 |
| EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Operation | 386,430 | 511 | ||||
| EU European Commission EDF | 41,362,640 | 41,377,535 | 33,399,620 | 23,234,900 | 16,657,580 | 6,786,950 |
| EU European External Action Service (EEAS) | 189,006 | 102,520 | 125,000 | |||
| EU European Investment Bank | 2,730,000 | 2,730,000 | 2,799,138 | 2,820,180 | 2,820,180 | 940,060 |
| EU Institute for Security Studies | 69,116 | 75,177 | 88,662 | 156,869 | 120,178 | |
| EU Other Trust Funds | 5,300,000 | 3,055,000 | 750,000 | |||
| EU Satellite Centre (EU SatCen) | 107,336 | 113,676 | 140,812 | 149,779 | 182,913 | 222,799 |
| EU Turkey Refugee Facility | 4,927,857 | 4,530,972 | 2,689,710 | 2,648,792 | 2,084,448 | |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | 4,000,000 | |||||
| European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||
| European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats | 60,000 | 50,000 | ||||
| European Peace Facility | 4,212,033 | 17,861,858 | 28,113,345 | |||
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | 37,636 | 1,000,000 | 1,250,000 | |||
| Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 11,500,000 | 8,000,000 | ||
| Global Environment Facility Trust Fund | 3,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 4,190,000 | ||
| Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria | 12,500,000 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 17,500,000 | 21,750,000 | 21,500,000 |
| Global Partnership for Education | 7,500,000 | 7,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 12,000,000 | 13,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
| Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) | 31,807 | 31,634 | 32,312 | 33,047 | 36,489 | |
| Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | |||
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | 140,000 | 177,189 | 259,861 | 162,569 | 362,560 | |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) | 753,987 | 700,000 | 27,100,000 | |||
| International Criminal Court (ICC) | 1,191,784 | 1,196,522 | 1,283,348 | 4,272,180 | 1,426,750 | 1,543,228 |
| International Development Association | 1,270,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,000,000 | |||
| International Finance Corporation | 600,000 | 639,000 | 38,000 | 743,613 | ||
| International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 4,500,000 | 5,167,000 | 4,167,000 | 4,166,000 |
| International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 37,000 | 37,000 | |
| International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Mission | 1,157 | 839 | 1,083 | 274 | 666 | 1,218 |
| International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) | 22,770 | 22,770 | 22,770 | 22,770 | 22,770 | 24,138 |
| International Labour Organization (ILO) | 2,038,850 | 2,000,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | |
| International Monetary Fund | 2,000,000 | |||||
| International Organization for Migration (IOM) | 2,082,149 | 2,442,000 | 2,138,000 | 2,850,886 | 2,525,831 | 504,320 |
| International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) | 283,251 | 261,751 | 246,956 | 270,524 | 264,511 | 203,474 |
| International Seabed Authority (ISA) | 27,169 | 30,654 | 34,849 | 45,027 | 48,318 | |
| International Trade Centre (ITC) | 800,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |||
| International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) | 51,049 | 106,955 | 66,069 | 67,967 | ||
| Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 170,000 | 200,000 | |
| Joint SDG Fund | 2,000,000 | |||||
| Joint United Nations Programme on HIV And AIDS (UNAIDS) | 2,950,000 | 2,400,000 | 3,400,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons | 24,881 | |||||
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Trust Funds (Jordan, UN Peacekeeping and Ukraine) | 150,000 | 50,000 | ||||
| Office of the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security | 1,000 | |||||
| Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth | 140,000 | 200,000 | ||||
| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | 2,750,000 | 2,262,065 | 2,629,400 | 4,162,000 | 4,280,000 | 650,000 |
| Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development (OECD) | 4,972,035 | 4,910,482 | 5,165,949 | 5,346,401 | 6,753,252 | 4,696,384 |
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | 256,756 | 251,195 | 356,070 | 456,371 | 381,243 | |
| Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) | 22,471 | 11,490 | 11,661 | 11,661 | 11,661 | |
| Organization for Security and Co-Operation In Europe (OSCE) | 1,761,952 | 1,856,961 | 1,903,458 | 1,829,316 | 1,667,797 | 1,072,292 |
| Organization of American States - Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (OAS IACHR) | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | |
| Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) | 3,447 | 3,658 | 3,818 | 4,002 | 4,884 | 5,770 |
| Regional Co-Operation Council (RCC) | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 8,341 | |
| Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) | 50,174 | 50,109 | 54,342 | 61,195 | 82,034 | 73,037 |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment | 900,000 | |||||
| Special Tribunal for Lebanon | 40,000 | |||||
| Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | 8,836 | 7,340 | ||||
| Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – First Meeting of States Parties | 24,881 | |||||
| UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) | 23,254,179 | 23,211,000 | 34,379,000 | 34,641,319 | 41,239,939 | 4,724,604 |
| UN Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) | 200,000 | 400,000 | 200,000 | 300,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) | 24,765 | 27,000 | 27,000 | 27 | 32,971 | 32,971 |
| UN Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA) | 141,000 | 500,000 | 475,000 | |||
| UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) | 370,000 | 350,000 | 350,000 | 353,500 | 353,500 | |
| UN Development Programme (UNDP) | 16,090,433 | 10,811,000 | 1,189,500 | 14,095,650 | 19,175,000 | 650,000 |
| UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | 1,050,000 | 2,000,000 | 500,000 | |
| UN Environment Programme (UNEP) | 300,000 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 1,308,347 | ||
| UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | 717,000 | 700,000 | 200,000 | 300,000 | 700,000 | |
| UN General Trust Fund | 4,445,936 | 5,656,625 | 5,604,762 | 6,005,623 | 1,700,227 | 1,500,000 |
| UN Geneva General Fund | 1,375 | 2,899 | 1,752 | 7,332 | ||
| UN Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea | 4,911 | 4,625 | 6,329 | 7,515 | 6,989 | |
| UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | 15,700,000 | 19,500,000 | 19,000,000 | 25,000,000 | 32,767,354 | 4,000,000 |
| UN Humanitarian Response Depot | 500,000 | 500,000 | ||||
| UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) | 278,869 | 345,000 | 424,000 | 380,099 | 421,762 | |
| UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | 210,000 | 350,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 249,600 | |
| UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) | 8,520 | |||||
| UN International Law Commission Yearbook | 4,911 | 4,625 | 6,329 | 5,010 | 5,591 | |
| UN International Law Fellowship | 4,911 | 4,625 | 6,329 | 5,010 | 5,591 | |
| UN International Law Seminar | 4,911 | 4,625 | 5,010 | 5,591 | ||
| UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office | 800,000 | 1,104,000 | 17,100,000 | 29,350,550 | 1,390,321 | 5,235,000 |
| UN Nutrition | 1,000,000 | |||||
| UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) | 120,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | |||
| UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | 1,277,484 | 1,870,000 | 1,813,000 | 750,000 | 1,178,704 | |
| UN Office for the Coordination Of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), including CERF | 12,614,462 | 18,000,000 | 39,800,000 | 16,500,000 | 59,327,124 | 63,000,000 |
| UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States | 150,000 | 100,000 | ||||
| UN Office to the African Union | 149,992 | |||||
| UN Partnership for Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 200,000 | |||||
| UN Peacebuilding Fund | 2,000,000 | 1,750,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,800,000 | 6,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| UN Peacekeeping Missions | 28,723,803 | 20,558,249 | 13,541,786 | 33,113,341 | 24,749,668 | 3,121,676 |
| UN Population Fund (UNFPA) | 6,006,544 | 5,550,000 | 6,490,000 | 9,915,708 | 10,255,600 | 4,500,000 |
| UN Regional Courses in International Law | 4,911 | 4,625 | 6,329 | 5,010 | 5,591 | |
| UN Regular Budget | 9,066,011 | 9,408,088 | 8,853,555 | 11,270,410 | 11,875,514 | 12,731,148 |
| UN Relief and Works Agency For Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) | 7,500,000 | 8,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 18,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
| UN Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council | 4,911 | 9,251 | 12,658 | 7,515 | 7,921 | |
| UN Resident Coordinator’s Office | 105,000 | 479,000 | 300,000 | 1,350,000 | 300,000 | |
| UN System Staff College | 200,000 | |||||
| UN University | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||
| UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture | 135,000 | |||||
| UN Volunteers | 900,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,231,000 | 1,306,110 | 1,100,000 | |
| UN WOMEN | 3,294,000 | 2,812,000 | 4,738,000 | 4,569,950 | 145,000 | |
| UNDP Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | |||
| Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) | 25,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||
| UN-led Country-based Pooled Funds | 27,750,000 | |||||
| Wassenaar Arrangement | 9,538 | 10,925 | 11,117 | 10,795 | 13,149 | |
| Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund | 410,000 | 300,000 | ||||
| World Bank (WB) | 75,000 | 1,525,000 | 10,150,000 | 18,936,000 | 100,000 | |
| World Food Programme (WFP) | 8,950,000 | 10,384,000 | 11,580,000 | 8,529,000 | 12,100,772 | 164,798 |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | 3,084,000 | 9,350,000 | 5,798,795 | 7,558,001 | 10,720,000 | 4,000,000 |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) | 390,000 | 350,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | |
| World Trade Organization Advisory Law Centre | 350,000 | 350,000 | 350,000 | 350,000 |
* Figures for 2023 and 2024 are provisional
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding expended in relation to Ireland seeking election to positions within multilateral organisations, by electoral contest; if Ireland was successful, by year from 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19722/24]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's active participation in international bodies and organisations sees Ireland seeking election to various positions within their structures. Such appointments serve to enhance Ireland’s profile and standing on the global stage and offer internationally recognised platforms for us to express our views on significant issues.
From January 2016 to date, funding was expended on one election campaign which was led on by officials of my Department. The funding expended on that election campaign amounted to approximately €860,000.
Further details on the expenditure on the election campaign are as follows:
| Year | Organisation | Position | Election date | Funding to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | UN Security Council | Non-permanent member(successful) | June 2020 | €860,000approximately |
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