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Leaders' Questions. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Perhaps there is a conspiracy against the Deputy.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: For a number of reasons, 2005 was a vital year for development. The donor community committed itself as never before to a massive scaling up of aid, partner countries to the Paris declaration agreed on a set of aims and principles to make aid more effective and donors agreed to put the plight of Africa at the forefront of development efforts. EU leadership was the motor driving this major...

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Yes.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy O'Donnell's question on Ireland's position on Palestine is serious. I made Ireland's position clear in the Seanad recently and will give a longer answer on the Adjournment. Ireland favours the continuation of aid to the Palestinian people rather than interruptions to that aid. However, Ireland, along with the EU, expresses deep reservations about the recognition of Israel and the...

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: I was about to finish by answering Deputy O'Donnell.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Is this a point of order?

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: I am not in a position to answer because I did not attend the meeting. Funding has been suspended for good reasons and yesterday the Quartet indicated that agreement has been reached to support a temporary mechanism for direct delivery of assistance to the Palestinian people.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: A suspension does not provide a resolution to this issue but humanitarian and poverty focused assistance can now be delivered to the people. That is the key point rather than the theology of the issue.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: I will respond to Deputy Allen's question but first I must conclude my response to Deputy O'Donnell's serious question.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Allen chose to ask questions as part of his speech. The question session has just begun and Deputy O'Donnell has posed questions in a legitimate fashion.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: In fairness to her, I must respond. I can elongate my response to include a response to Deputy Allen.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: I refer to Deputy O'Donnell's question about Self Help, a Carlow-based NGO that receives multi-annual funding from my Department. Some issues have been raised regarding the charity and, from my investigations, it appears the matter is a power control issue within the charity. Different members of the board have differing views and I have asked my officials to investigate and produce a report....

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: No, I am trying to answer a serious question.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Officials from my Department will investigate this.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: The most senior official in the Irish Aid section will speak to officials from Self Help next week. The money we deploy cannot be misused for administrative costs because we control the amount that can be apportioned to such costs.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Quinn's suggestion is a fine one and I challenge the Members to devise a mechanism to exploit the undoubted talent within the Oireachtas. I refer to Deputies, Senators and those who work for political parties. These people have skills that could be used to in our aid programme. I would like a foundation entitled "The Oireachtas Foundation" to facilitate this and seek contributions from...

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: I will be brief.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Kitt was my predecessor as Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs. There is now much more co-ordination between agriculture, trade and development Ministers in the EU. That was very evident at Hong Kong in the private meetings, and also in some more public pronouncements. Obviously, one would hope there would be more and that we in Ireland could be more coherent. We...

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Allen should feel free to break out of it.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Conor Lenihan: I can give a straight answer now. There was no vote on the matter.