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Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affair Sean Fleming has confirmed today that Ireland’s overall support for Ukraine in overall political, humanitarian, military, and economic terms has reached €380 million since February 2022.
He was responding to a question from Fianna Fail TD for Cork North-Central Pádraig O’Sullivan.
Minister Fleming clarified that in 2024, Ireland is providing €23.5 million in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine as part of an overall package of €36 million of support announced recently by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste in advance of the Taoiseach’s visit to Kyiv.
He said this funding package includes €5 million for the Ukraine humanitarian fund which is managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and as such “it is a critical channel of support to national NGOs and civil society organisations which are closest to communities.”
Gript has previously reported in March that a confirmation from Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, that Ireland’s overall financial aid sent to Ukraine since February 2022 now amounts to over €212 million.
This suggests that the direct financial aid sent by Ireland to Ukraine has increased by €168 in the intervening 7 months.
Deputy O’Sullivan also asked two supplementary questions relating to the core homes project, through which a number of prefabricated or modular homes are being sponsored, built or constructed.
He specifically asked if the Minister of State had an estimate on the number Ireland expects to deliver to Ukraine as part of the rebuilding?
He said he knew “quite a few Romanian and Moldovan citizens in Cork who are extremely concerned by Russian intervention in politics and online media in recent years. Will the Minister of State elaborate on how the Moldovans in particular are benefiting from this fund also?”
In response Minister Fleming confirmed that “some funding has been provided to Moldova” and that while he “may not have the exact figure here,” “I can confirm to the Deputy that funding has been provided in respect of Moldova and some areas very close to the Ukraine situation. A lot of the funding we are providing will go into reconstruction and building modular homes, as the Deputy mentioned. The figures I mentioned earlier are the humanitarian fund, but the redevelopment and reconstruction of Ukraine has to start as soon as possible. This is why a large amount of the funding we have committed to is for that reconstruction progress.”
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