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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...

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

Peter Power: Lesotho is one of the nine priority countries for Ireland's aid programme. We have been working with the Government and people of Lesotho since 1975, with a commitment to long term strategic assistance. Lesotho is one of the world's poorest countries. Almost 25% of the adult population are living with HIV and AIDS, and life expectancy is only 42.6 years. Ireland's bilateral aid programme in...

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 (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....

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...

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

Peter Power: Wishful thinking.

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

Peter Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 30, 63 and 143 together. The Government's aid programme, Irish Aid, provides assistance to over 90 developing countries. The programme is recognised internationally for its strong focus on the least developed countries in the world, with a particular emphasis on some of the poorest countries in Africa. Nine countries have been designated as Programme...

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

Peter Power: The Government remains seriously concerned about the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe. Through the aid programme, we are providing significant assistance for humanitarian purposes and specifically for the treatment and prevention of HIV and AIDS. Irish Aid is working in partnership with Non-governmental Organisations, missionaries and international organisations in order to provide...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (23 Apr 2009)

Peter Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 67 together. The EU is currently negotiating a series of trade and development Agreements, known as Economic Partnership Agreements, with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries. Historically, ACP countries benefited from unilateral trade preferences with the EU. However, these were deemed to violate World Trade Organisation (WTO)...

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

Peter Power: Ireland's aid programme is internationally renowned for its strong focus on the least developed countries in the world, in particular in Africa. The reality for all international donors is that the promotion of sustainable development in some of the poorest countries requires a determined effort to address corruption and weak governance. Corruption affects the lives of the poorest people....