Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, has confirmed that Ireland’s overall financial aid sent to Ukraine since February 2022 now amounts to over €212 million.
This comprised of over €90 million in stabilisation and humanitarian funding and commitments of approximately €122 million in non-lethal military assistance under the European Peace Facility. This is separate from the funding provided for support for Ukrainain refugees that have come to Ireland.
The Tánaiste also confirmed to Independent TD Catherine Connolly that within these overall figures, funding for humanitarian assistance by the Department of Foreign Affairs amounted to €20 million in 2022, and €19 million in 2023 respectively.
The information was supplied after Deputy Connolly asked the Tánaiste for the full details of Ireland’s financial and in-kind assistance to Ukraine since the illegal Russian invasion in February 2022.
In additional detail, the Tánaiste note that Department of Foreign Affairs has also provided funding to ensure accountability for Russia’s actions in Ukraine. This included €1 million to the Office of the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court to support ongoing investigations, including with regard to Ukraine.
Further funding is being provided in support of reform governance efforts, including to the Council of Europe Development Bank Ukraine Solidarity Fund, and through the OSCE, OECD and NGOs.
Observing how funding has also been delivered to Ukraine via other Government Departments, the Tánaiste went on to note that many have made contributions including in-kind and monetary supports, including €8.4 million in medical aid contributed by the HSE, €1 million from the Department of Defence towards the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) via the European Peace Facility (EPF) and approximately €1.2 million from the Department of Agriculture to assist farmers in Ukraine.
It emerged that Ireland has also donated two mine flails, 5,000 ready-to-eat meals and 200 units of body armour from Defence Forces stocks, two and containerised water treatment plants and tools, equipment and spare parts for repairing gas and electricity networks, while the Irish Defence Forces have delivered training modules in tactical combat casualty care, demining/mine clearance, drill instruction training, and training on the use of mine flails
Concluding his reply to Deputy Connolly, the Minister stated that Ireland also committed €43 million in 2023 to address the wider consequences of the war globally, including food insecurity, increasing fragility, and acute child malnutrition, bringing the total, Ireland provided to address the wider consequences of the war in 2023 to over €75 million.
In the first three months of 2024, Ireland has allocated €35 million to support to Ukraine and its neighbours to address ongoing humanitarian needs, and progress towards its early recovery and eventual reconstruction.