The voluntary contribution forms part of a €3 million sum pledged to the ICC in November 2023, with the government set to announce how the remaining €2 million will be disbursed at a later date.

Ireland previously made a voluntary contribution of €3 million to the ICC in 2022, and also makes an assessed annual contribution to the court’s budget, which this year amounts to €1.5 million.

Peter Burke, the minister of state for European affairs and defence, announced the funding decision at the Restoring Justice for Ukraine conference in The Hague yesterday, which was attended by representatives from 56 other countries.

Mr Burke told the conference: “In over two years since Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified full scale invasion, Ukraine and its people have suffered immensely. Such suffering demands justice.

“It is therefore incumbent on us, as members of the international community, to redouble our efforts at ending impunity for those responsible for atrocity crimes in Ukraine.”

The conference also marked the formal launch of the claims submissions process for the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine.

Mr Burke said: “On behalf of Ireland, a founding member of the register, I welcome the opening of the claims’ submission process as an important step towards achieving restorative justice for victims of Russia’s aggression.”