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Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: The overarching goal of the Government's aid programme, administered by Irish Aid, is the reduction and eventual eradication of global poverty and hunger. Our partnership with development Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and missionaries represents a very important element of this effort, reflecting the broad support among Irish people for the development programme. The Irish aid...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: Through the aid programme, administered by Irish Aid, the Government is supporting over 1,300 long term development workers, volunteers and missionaries in the developing world. Their contribution is an important, and valued, element in the overall Irish contribution to the reduction and eventual eradication of global poverty and hunger. The Government has directly supported the work of...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: Ireland's assistance to the Palestinian people addresses both humanitarian and development needs, recognising the importance of providing emergency assistance to the most vulnerable, while also supporting the Palestinian Authority in public service delivery as well as civil society organisations in advocating for human rights. In 2007, total Irish Aid assistance to the Palestinian people...

Written Answers — AIDS Prevention: AIDS Prevention (23 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: The international community has demonstrated commitment to combat HIV and AIDS and its consequences through a number of high profile agreements that include the Millennium Development Goals universally supported in 2000, the commitment signed by 189 UN Member States following the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS in 2001 and the special commitment made in 2005 by...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) was agreed by the G8 Countries at their Summit in Gleneagles in July 2005, with a focus on the cancellation of the heavy debt burden on developing countries. It was intended to supplement the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative which was launched in 1996 to reduce the debt burden of qualifying countries to sustainable levels. The...

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: Wishful thinking.

Written Answers — Election Monitoring: Election Monitoring (7 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: The Government believes that international election monitoring missions have an important role to play in the promotion of human rights and democracy. We therefore aim to ensure that, when requested, Ireland is appropriately represented in international observation missions for elections and constitutional referendums. Over the past three years, Ireland has been represented in 62 election...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (7 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: The practice of female genital mutilation is a clear violation of the human rights of women and girls. Furthermore, it infringes on children's rights to special protections, it has serious social, health and psychological consequences, and it perpetuates negative gender-based stereotypes. The World Health Organisation estimates that between 100 million and 140 million girls and women...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (7 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: Universal access to reproductive health is one of the goals of the Programme of Action agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994. The fifth of the Millennium Development Goals, adopted internationally in 2000, aims to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters, and to achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015. The...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (7 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 to 228, inclusive, together. Most of Ireland's expenditure on Official Development Assistance (ODA) is provided under Vote 29 and administered by Irish Aid, the Development Cooperation Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Further contributions to ODA are made by other Government Departments and through Ireland's allocation to the EU Development...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (31 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: Following four decades of economic decline and ten years of nearly continuous conflict, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. It ranks among the world's least developed countries, with a position of 177 out of 179 countries on the UN's 2008 Human Development Index. In 2008, Ireland provided over €12.4 million in assistance to the DRC....

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: Whereabouts, exactly?

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: Where, specifically?

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: The Deputy made an allegation that the public service is incompetent. I have asked her to give specifics.

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: Deputy Creighton has failed to back up her assertion.

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: Can the Deputy back up her assertion? She is not prepared to back it up.

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: Deputy Creighton still has not backed up her claims of incompetence in the public sector. It is easy to make these bland statements, but she is not prepared to back it up.

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: I have not heard a single concrete suggestion in ten minutes. The Opposition claims to be constructive.

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: I have not heard even one constructive suggestion.

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (3 Mar 2009)

Peter Power: The Government decision to reduce the budget provided for Overseas Development Assistance was taken solely in the context of the extremely difficult economic situation the country now faces. I have already given a clear commitment that when economic circumstances permit, we will resume the expansion in Ireland's aid programme which has been a significant feature of Government policy over the...