Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I wish to acknowledge publicly, after 14 months in the position of Minister of State, the great gratitude I feel towards the Minister for Finance and the wider Cabinet and Government colleagues for the enormous contribution and the passion with which they are prepared to make commitments to overseas aid. Since Deputy Bertie Ahern became Taoiseach in 1997——

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