Results 821-840 of 1,981 for speaker:Conor Lenihan
- Hospital Staff. (28 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: From the outset, I personally wish the Deputy and his party well in terms of the re-establishment of both an Executive and an Assembly in the North. I will take this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The strategy for cancer control, launched by the Minister in June, makes recommendations on the organisation, governance, quality...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (28 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: There are three Principal Development Specialist posts at Irish Aid headquarters in Dublin. No Principal Development Specialists have applied to decentralise to Limerick. There are twelve Senior Development Specialist posts at Irish Aid headquarters. Two originally applied to decentralise, but subsequently withdrew their applications. Finally, there are nine Development Specialist posts at...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: Currently Comhlámh is the recipient of substantial multi-annual funding from Irish Aid. Comhlámh carries out, with Irish Aid support, very valuable development education and volunteer-related activities in the Cork region, as it does throughout Ireland. I am aware that Comhlámh has decided to close its office in Cork at the end of this year. I am assured, however, that these activities...
- Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: Fine Gael attacks teachers and Labour attacks public servants.
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: Lesotho has a special place in the history of Ireland's official development assistance. The Lesotho aid programme, established in 1975, was our first and for many years our largest development cooperation programme. Lesotho is one of the world's poorest countries, ranked 149 on the UN Human Development Index (HDI). Half the population lives below the poverty line with an income of less...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The HIV/AIDS pandemic presents a major challenge to developing countries, especially in Africa. Children are severely affected. In sub-Saharan Africa 12 million children under the age of 17 have lost one or both parents to AIDS and it is estimated that the figure will rise to over 15 million by 2010. Children account for 14% of new global HIV infections and 18% of AIDS related deaths. In...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: While Irish Aid provides assistance through different partners in over ninety countries worldwide, the primary focus of the bilateral aid programme is on eight programme countries, six of which are in Africa and two in Asia. These are Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Timor Leste and Vietnam. The approximate budgets for each country in 2006 are as follows: ...
- Written Answers — Irish Overseas Aid: Irish Overseas Aid (12 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: There has been no such request to me by Irish Aid, which is a Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Neither would it be appropriate for Irish Aid to approach Comhlámh in the matter, nor has it done so. The issue of how Comhlámh wishes to organise its activities and all related administrative decisions, including the closure of the Cork office, is solely a matter for Comhlámh....
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: They will never get to as many as Deputy Ring does.
- Order of Business. (14 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: This is the most productive Parliament in Europe.
- Seanad: Irish Overseas Aid (15 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: I welcome this opportunity to make a statement to the Seanad. I also welcome the Senator's initiative in raising this matter on the Adjournment. This year has been a difficult one for the Middle East and, in particular, for Palestine. The difficult and often desperate situation of the Palestinian people is of grave concern to the Government. Ireland has provided development and...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (15 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: I am taking the Adjournment on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The Minister regrets BUPA's decision to leave the Irish market and, in particular at this time, the loss of jobs resulting from that decision. The Minister, on behalf of the Government, has endeavoured to achieve a solution that would enable BUPA to stay, but would also protect the fundamental...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: The Government's official programme of development assistance, Irish Aid, has as its primary aim the reduction of poverty. Africa is the primary geographic focus of Irish Aid. The White Paper on Irish Aid, published last September, sets out in the most comprehensive and detailed way, since the inception of the aid programme in 1974, the principles and policies underlying the aid programme....
- Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (6 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: Universal access to reproductive health is one of the goals of the Programme of Action agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. The Government is committed to action in support of this goal which is essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and is important in tackling HIV and AIDS. Limited progress has been made since the Cairo...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (6 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: Since 2000, the company concerned undertook two assignments for the Department of Foreign Affairs. In 2002, the Irish and British Governments conducted a joint review of the activities of Encounter, an organisation established by both Governments in 1983 to contribute to improved relations between the two countries. Following discussions with the British authorities, it was agreed that this...
- Foreign Conflicts. (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: They are getting like Fidel.
- Foreign Conflicts. (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: They are listening. They are bringing their internal procedures up to speed. Shareholdings previously managed by external fund management companies are now being brought back under the direct supervision of the National Pensions Reserve Fund. That means it will have greater control and it will be spending considerable amounts of money to ensure it is present at shareholder gatherings such...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 and 22 together. The Government has provided a total allocation of â¬728 million under Vote 29, the Vote for International Cooperation, for 2007. When contributions from other Government Departments are taken into account, the total allocation to Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) will be â¬813 million. This allocation, the highest in the history of...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) is the leading development organisation within the UN system and poverty reduction is at the core of its mandate and work. In recognition of the central role played by UNDP within the UN development system, Ireland has increased its core contributions to the organisation in recent years, for instance contributing â¬16.2m in 2006. UNDP works...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28, 64, 104 and 108 together. Under the Government's decentralisation programme, the Development Cooperation Directorate of the Department of Foreign Affairs will decentralise to Limerick. This is scheduled to take place during the second half of 2007 and will involve the relocation to Limerick of 124 posts. I am aware from my ongoing contacts with the...