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Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: Uganda is one of the nine Programme Countries for the Government's aid programme, where we have a commitment to long term strategic assistance. The programme of support for Uganda, administered by Irish Aid, focuses on areas which will have the greatest impact on the poorest and most vulnerable people and communities. Karamoja, in Northern Uganda, is the least socially and economically...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: Since August 2008, conflict between militants and government troops in parts of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has led to over half a million people being displaced. Over the last two weeks, an additional 1.1 million people have been displaced from a number of districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as a result of increased fighting between the Pakistan...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: I very much regret the fact that the Government were obliged, in response to budgetary pressures, to make short term reductions in the development co-operation budget. This adjustment to the aid budget has necessitated some modification in planned expenditure across the programme consistent with the central priority of our aid programme – the reduction of global poverty and hunger in the...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and its Kyoto Protocol, binding targets have been set for the developed countries, but not for developing countries. The targets relate to reductions in the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted by developed countries. They are referred to as mitigation targets. No mitigation targets have been set for developing...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: Under the Government's decentralisation programme announced in 2003, 125 posts attached to the Development Cooperation Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs were to decentralise to Limerick. The Division is the Headquarters of Irish Aid. Following sanction of an additional 20 posts by the Department of Finance in 2005, the total number of posts attached to Irish Aid Headquarters...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: The Government's 2006 White Paper on Irish Aid included the commitment to establish an Inter-Departmental Committee on Development, to be chaired at Ministerial level. The Committee was launched in April 2007 with the objective of strengthening coherence in the Government's approach to development and making best use of the expertise and skills available across the public service. To date,...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: As Minister of State with responsibility for our overseas aid budget, I am deeply conscious of the need to ensure value for money and impact on the ground in terms of poverty reduction. I can assure you that the aid programme has in place a comprehensive programme of appraisal, planning, audit, and evaluation to ensure that funds are spent effectively and benefit the most vulnerable and...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: The global crisis is beginning to adversely affect developing countries. In sub-Saharan Africa growth in 2009 is currently projected to fall to 1.7%. This follows years of solid growth. There is a real risk that cuts in public expenditure will reduce the provision of basic services in health, education and agriculture and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Peter Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. The Government's aid programme, administered by Irish Aid, is recognised internationally for its lead role in ensuring the effectiveness of development aid. The recently published report of the peer review of the aid programme, which was carried out by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, described Irish Aid as "a strong,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: I have not heard them yet.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: Send them on to us sometime.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: Where would Deputy Kenny get the money?

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: It is reckless.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (9 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: Although the conflict in Sri Lanka has ended, significant humanitarian needs and challenges remain. Almost 300,000 people are now in camps for the displaced, many in very difficult circumstances. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stated that, in principle, it now has access to all such camps. However, despite the best efforts of the ICRC and other humanitarian...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (9 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: In 2008, the Government spent €918 million on Official Development Assistance (ODA). Of this total, €768 million was administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs, through Irish Aid. The remaining €150 million was administered by other Government Departments, primarily for Ireland's allocation of the EU Development Cooperation budget, contributions by the Department of Finance to...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: I congratulate the new Deputies, Maureen O'Sullivan and George Lee, and I wish them well in their important work. I listened very intently to Deputy George Lee this morning. He spoke at great length about the difference between the current economic situation and the situation we were in during the 1980s. He is right in many respects, for example, in what he said about the difference...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

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Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: My analysis is that the economic stagnation that was caused in that five year period was solely and simply down to the inability of the two parties during that time to agree on practically anything.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: Deputy Durkan does not want to hear the truth.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Peter Power: That Government could not agree on taxation-----