More than €50 million in Irish taxpayer funding was channelled to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) between 2019 and 2024, a parliamentary reply has revealed, prompting calls for greater scrutiny of how that money is spent.

€2.3 million was also given to the International Planned Parenthood Federation and €3.185 million to the Clinton Foundation.

All three are known for their worldwide support of abortion, in particular the IPPF.

The figures were given to Independent Ireland TD Ken O’Flynn, who sought details of overseas aid allocated to “sexual and reproductive health”, and separately to “abortion”.

Minister of State Neale Richmond said no funding is earmarked specifically for abortion. However, he acknowledged the funding includes “family planning” and the “prevention and management of consequences of unsafe abortion”.

Eilís Mulroy of the Pro Life Campaign (PLC) said the UNFPA was a “controversial ideological organisation”, at the forefront of exporting abortion to developing countries, and called for called for greater transparency on what the money was being spent on.

Senator Rónán Mullen accused the Government of “doublespeak” in denying money was earmarked for abortion, even as they know right well “that our money is going towards abortion promotion as part of the mix”.