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Health Care Associated Infections (29 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: I wish to share time with Deputy Andrew Doyle.

Health Care Associated Infections (29 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: In the two terms plus one year I have been a Member of the Dáil, this is one of the most outrageous and regrettable incidents I have come across. Also, while I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher, it is regrettable the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, has chosen not to attend the House this evening. It was Florence...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (29 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16453/08]

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: Two grey suits. They were not long changing from the white flannel to the grey suits.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: The Taoiseach recently indicated that over the next four or five years Irish Aid will spend somewhere in the region of €130 million in Tanzania. Four Ministers in that country are currently under investigation for corruption. In view of the dramatic increase in world food prices, I ask the Tánaiste to ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to consider reallocating our commitments to some...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: We are spending €900 million this year——

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: ——and there has been a dramatic increase in food prices. The world food programme is run very well by the UN.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: A lot of the countries to which we are giving money are dodgy, to say the very least.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: We have sought information on the audited reports of the aid and we cannot get them.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: If we could not get the audited reports of the HSE or some other body, there would be outrage but we cannot obtain copies of the audited reports on the aid programme. I have addressed questions to the Minister and am hopeful that tomorrow we will be able to obtain the independently audited reports on where the money is going. A sum of €900 million——

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: It is a lot of money. I ask the Tánaiste to intervene in the matter.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Apr 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16928/08]

Human Rights Issues. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he last had discussions with the Chinese ambassador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/08]

Human Rights Issues. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: The Minister of State is aware that the Chinese ambassador left the Green Party conference when his ministerial colleague made reference to Tibet as a country. Was this issue raised by the ambassador or the Minister? If so, what was the view expressed? Does the Minister of State believe that this incident may have had an impact on Irish and Chinese relations? The Chinese have given a...

Human Rights Issues. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: I agree with that, but within certain constraints we may have to take measures available to us if things do not move on. Can the Minister of State use his good offices to ensure that the international media are let back into Tibet and that those who were arrested following the riots are released? Does the Government propose to send a representative to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?

Overseas Development Aid. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding that has been allocated to the world food programme from Ireland for 2008; the amount allocated in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/08]

Overseas Development Aid. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister of State agree that in the region of 1 billion people live on less than $1 per day and that the dramatic increase in food prices has the potential to put another 100 million people in this category? It is estimated that it will set back by a full decade the policy of trying to bring people out of the poverty trap. The WFP is one of the most worthwhile programmes out...

Overseas Development Aid. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: I will come back with a supplementary. I thank Deputy Higgins for his assistance.

Overseas Development Aid. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: I agree with the Minister of State. The problem concerning food price increases is not necessarily on the supply side. The same level of supply exists but the demand has diversified from the biofuels sector and there has also been an increase in demand. I am not saying that the Tanzanian Government is not seeking to address corruption. I would expect that it would do so. This is an...

International Crises. (1 May 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent discussions he has had with his European colleagues with respect to the situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16663/08]