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Departmental Staff. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: I appreciate that the public service can be an easy target. I am simply affording the Minister an opportunity to explain to the public. I have a response to a parliamentary question, which refers to 16 people in the Minister's own office. I do not doubt the work they do. I take exception to the Minister's reference to the new right wing orthodoxy in Fine Gael. We continually get...

Departmental Staff. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Obviously the US-India civil nuclear co-operation deal is contentious.

Overseas Development Aid. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to make further cuts in the overseas aid budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34225/08]

Overseas Development Aid. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: I am delighted to hear the Minister of State say we shall be on target for the 0.7% of GNP in 2012, if I heard him correctly. Does he have any projected figures as to what the funding might be for 2009 and 2010? I have seen figures in the past for those years based on certain growth rates. I acknowledge that the economy has contracted and the figure will decrease. However, he might be...

Overseas Development Aid. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: One of the recommendations of the audit report of the Committee of Public Accounts was that NGOs and missionaries needed to be given a formal role in the deployment of aid. That would be a very good development. Will the Minister of State say whether there have been proposals to do that? Also, will he look at the concept of setting up an umbrella group whereby there may be some mechanism...

Overseas Development Aid. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: I understood their former role involved the programme countries.

Overseas Development Aid. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: I am aware of that.

European Council Meetings. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Is the Minister under pressure from his colleagues in Europe to have a second referendum? Have they articulated the view that they are under pressure to put him under pressure? The Minister referred to isolation and how we should not be going down the road on our own. The perception was created that our European counterparts were not satisfied with the policy we adopted in the banking...

European Council Meetings. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Deputy McGrath's colleagues in Sinn Féin campaigned on that ground.

European Council Meetings. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: It was not in literature but by word of mouth.

European Council Meetings. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: What about the banking issue?

European Council Meetings. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Any telephone calls?

Overseas Development Aid. (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: I welcome this report. I have a question for the Minister of State concerning the figure of 860 million people. This was used at a conference in Rome in June 2008. Can we establish how accurate this figure is? It should be authenticated because it will be used again and again. How are these measurements drawn up? I encourage the Minister of State to follow some of the recommendations,...

Written Answers — Emigrant Issues: Emigrant Issues (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding allocated by him to a centre (details supplied) for the years 2007 and 2008; if he has audited the accounts of this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34083/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he will take to assist in reaching a settlement in Sri Lanka; his views on the situation there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34084/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the support measures in place to assist the transitional government in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34093/08]

Written Answers — Hunger Task Force: Hunger Task Force (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to implement the recommendations of the recently published task force report on hunger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34094/08]

Written Answers — Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Conservation (9 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of deer that have been culled from 1 October 2007 to 1 October 2008 in County Wicklow and the remainder of this State; the way this is organised; the action taken in relation to the deer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34437/08]

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: The Progressive Democrats Party is definitely gone.

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)

Billy Timmins: Charlie McCreevy will not be happy.