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Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I withdrew the remark. I corrected the remark just after I made it.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy English should tell the students he is still learning.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: The Deputy should tell them a week is a long time in politics and that he is still learning.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Callely is no longer a Minister of State. He is accountable to the electorate.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: We cannot force Deputy Callely to speak. We cannot torture him.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I am awake today.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: It is totally unrelated.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I did not realise Deputy Broughan had joined the Workers Party.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: On a point of information, does Deputy Broughan suggest we should disaffiliate from the single currency? This would be a new Labour policy.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: Does the Deputy suggest the European Central Bank should be ignored?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: Perhaps Deputy Broughan wishes to return to an old Labour policy of withdrawing from the European Union altogether, a position it took in 1973.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: The Deputy has been captured by the Workers' Party wing of his party.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: The Deputy is inclining to the North Korean wing of his party.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: They are a stingy crowd of ranchers.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I wish to acknowledge publicly, after 14 months in the position of Minister of State, the great gratitude I feel towards the Minister for Finance and the wider Cabinet and Government colleagues for the enormous contribution and the passion with which they are prepared to make commitments to overseas aid. Since Deputy Bertie Ahern became Taoiseach in 1997——

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ——the Irish overseas aid programme——

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ——has been tripled. Thanks to the commitment of the Taoiseach, the Government and I made in New York in September, that programme will triple again in size.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I wish to say a few words about that programme. It is the envy of the world and is one the most highly regarded programmes in the world because we focus all our efforts on the poorest of the poor. Some 80% of what we spend on the bilateral programme goes to the poorest countries, the least developed countries of sub-Saharan Africa. I am proud of that programme which has been built and tripled...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: The increase we achieved this year was higher than the entire aid programme in 1995. Those opposite who seek to replace us as a Government will not be able to deliver on those increases. When in Government they did virtually nothing in this area. As we discuss the budget, it is noticeable what are the Opposition's priorities. When given the opportunity to discuss the substantive issue of the...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: They prefer to pander to tawdry values and political correctness rather than discuss the substantive issue of a budget that will transform the livelihoods of the people we serve. It is extraordinary that the Opposition has nothing better to do——