Results 281-300 of 1,981 for speaker:Conor Lenihan
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Ethiopia is one of Ireland's programme countries for overseas development assistance and is one of the poorest countries in the world. Ethiopia is ranked 177 on the UN human development index out of a total of 177 countries ranked. It is estimated that expenditures on the programme of development assistance will amount to approximately â¬30 million this year. Additional funding will be...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Zambia is one of Ireland's priority countries for overseas development assistance. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, placed 166 on the UN human development index out of a total of 177 countries ranked. It is estimated expenditure on the development programme will amount to â¬18 million in 2005. Additional funding is also being channelled through NGOs and missionaries. The...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Ireland is deeply engaged in the humanitarian and recovery needs of Sudan, both in the emergency needs in the Darfur region and also the longer term needs of other parts of Sudan which are now emerging from conflict. The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur involves considerable emergency needs for the displaced population of over 2 million people. Ireland has been extremely active in...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Since 2004, an early end to the rains and desert locust damage to crops and pasture lands have adversely affected pasture availability and cereal production in the Sahel region of west Africa. These events exacerbated existing poverty and vulnerability, resulting in severe food shortages across a wide region, including in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania. In response, Ireland...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Uganda is one of Ireland's programme countries for overseas development assistance. Uganda is placed 144 on the human development index out of a total of 177 countries ranked. It is estimated that expenditure on the development programme in Uganda will amount to approximately â¬29 million in 2005. Additional funding will be delivered via NGOs, missionaries and UN agencies. Ireland's...
- Written Answers — : (5 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: South Africa is an important recipient of Ireland's overseas development assistance, ODA. South Africa is placed 120th on the UN human development index, HDI, out of a total of 177 countries ranked. Ireland's programme is aimed at assisting the Government and people of South Africa to reduce poverty and exclusion and build the nation in the aftermath of the legacy of apartheid. Our...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: The Taoiseach announced at the UN Millennium Summit review in New York on 14 September that the Government will reach the target of spending 0.7% of GNP on official development assistance, ODA, by 2012. This is three years earlier than the agreed EU target date of 2015. It places Ireland in the front rank of donors worldwide, in terms of both the quality and the volume of assistance we...
- The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: It would be great if some of the Green Party Deputies would leave the country. We would have a great House then.
- The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: When such cases are brought to our attention, we act on them. On a point of information, such matters are investigated.
- The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: That is a slur on our diplomats. It is untrue.
- The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: One cannot investigate that which is not called to one's attention. It is completely untrue.
- The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: It is a slur directed at our professional diplomats.
- Human Rights Issues. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: The Greens in Germany do the exact same.
- Human Rights Issues. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Who will be leading him by the hand?
- Human Rights Issues. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: How can we do business?
- Human Rights Issues. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: We are very diplomatic on this side of the House.
- Decentralisation Programme. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Under the Government's decentralisation programme, announced in December 2003, the development co-operation directorate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, currently based in Dublin, is scheduled to decentralise to Limerick. This will involve the relocation to Limerick of 123 posts and is scheduled to take place during the first quarter of 2007. The Office of Public Works is currently...
- Decentralisation Programme. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: To take the last part of the Deputy's question first, I do not get myself involved directly in the identification of a location or site for this particular office. Clearly that is a matter for the Office of Public Works. The Department is very happy to allow the OPW to continue to handle that aspect. It has identified a number of sites. I cannot shed any light for the Deputy on the value of...
- Decentralisation Programme. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: ââor what will be spent.
- Decentralisation Programme. (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: I want to be fully transparent with the Deputy on this matter. My officials have been to Limerick and have looked at a number of different sites identified by the OPW.