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Overseas Development Aid. (22 Feb 2006)

Conor Lenihan: ...equity and better quality education. Priority is given to addressing the barriers that prevent girls realising their right to education and to strengthening the response by the education sector to HIV and AIDS. Strengthening the capacity of national, district and local partners in education planning, implementation and monitoring is central to all our work in education. In addition...

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...package which should emerge at Hong Kong is a positive outcome on TRIPS and public health. Ireland strongly supports the right of developing countries to access affordable medicines to combat HIV-AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases that are robbing the human capacity of Africa to bring itself from poverty. We are determined to strike a deal for African cotton producers at Hong...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (10 Nov 2005)

Conor Lenihan: HIV-AIDS continues to be the single biggest obstacle to reducing poverty and to attaining the millennium development goals, MDGs. Current statistics from the United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS, UNAIDS, indicate that in 2004, almost 40 million people were living with the HIV virus. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst-affected region in the world and is now home to over 25 million...

Written Answers — Debt Relief: Debt Relief (10 Nov 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...priority to addressing the scourge of hunger and food insecurity. The symptoms of food insecurity and famine are malnutrition, hunger, disease and death. The causes are complex but include poverty, HIV-AIDS, climate, conflict, unsustainable agricultural practices, environmental degradation and poor policy choices. To address hunger in Africa, the international community and African...

Written Answers — Development Co-operation: Development Co-operation (2 Nov 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...with him the food security situation in Zimbabwe and how best to address the food deficits in a very difficult operating environment. Zimbabwe is also one of the countries most affected by HIV-AIDS, with an estimated 25% of the population infected. Life expectancy has fallen below 40 years. This year Ireland has committed €1 million to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, through...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I proposed to take Questions Nos. 26, 47, 167 and 169 together. HIV-AIDS continues to be the single biggest obstacle to reducing poverty and to attaining the millennium development goals, MDGs. Current statistics from the United Nations joint programme on AIDS, UNAIDS, indicate that in 2004 almost 40 million people were living with the HIV virus. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...will reach the target of 0.7% of GNP by 2012, three years earlier than the agreed EU deadline of 2015. A proportion of this increased funding will be devoted to such purposes as combating HIV-AIDS, malaria and other communicable diseases, assisting countries in emergency situations and in reconstruction following conflict. We are continuing our programme of support to education, basic...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...to motivate children to complete primary school and therefore be able to access secondary school. In addition, secondary education has been shown to be effective in preventing the spread of HIV-AIDS. Support to education will therefore remain a priority for the development programme. Investment in education in Ireland has provided the basis of much of our recent success. In the developing...

Written Answers — Humanitarian Situations: Humanitarian Situations (6 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: South Africa is one of the most highly affected countries in the world with regard to HIV and AIDS and prevalence rates stand at 21.5% of the adult population. At the end of 2003, with an estimated 5.3 million people living with HIV and AIDS, South Africa had the largest number of individuals living with the virus in a single country. Women contract the virus at a much earlier age than their...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...will only be brought about if there is progress also in other goals relating to the health of women, such as better access to education, addressing gender inequalities and preventing the spread of HIV-AIDS. At the international conference on population and development, ICPD, in 1994, and its five year follow up, ICPD+5, governments committed themselves to provide universal access to...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together. The challenges facing Africa are enormous. Food insecurity, starvation, conflict and HIV-AIDS appear at times to create an endless cycle of poverty and conflict. Addressing these issues is one of the most important tasks to which we can dedicate ourselves in the 21st century. The Government responds in two ways to the humanitarian and...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ..., sustainable and equitable growth. The programme is closely aligned with the national poverty reduction programmes of the Ethiopian Government. There is a clear focus on health, education and HIV-AIDS. For example, in Ethiopia there is only one doctor for every 36,000 people. Ireland is therefore supporting ambitious plans to place qualified health workers in every locality. Ireland is...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...development, particularly health and education, works with local government in Zambia's northern province and supports democratic processes. Obstacles that create or reinforce poverty such as HIV-AIDS and poor governance receive special attention. Our development strategy has a focus on service delivery as well as policy development and institutional capacity building of our Zambian...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...Uganda's efforts to achieve a pro-poor and sustainable economic growth, equitable social development and democratic governance. Support is provided in the key sectors of education, health and HIV-AIDS, justice, law and order/governance and agriculture. Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the world. There are, however, some encouraging signs. Arising from a committed partnership...

Written Answers — : (5 Oct 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ..., and missionaries. A feature of the South Africa country programme is that almost half of the assistance is expended supporting the work of civil society across a number of sectors. These include HIV-AIDS and governance. In addition, we are increasing our support to Limpopo province, one of the poorest in South Africa. Ireland is helping in meeting the water, sanitation and education...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (30 Jun 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...167,826 Bosnia and Herzegovina Economic Cooperation Network Collection of organic wild forest products 169,822 Bosnia and Herzegovina International Organisation for Migration, IOM HIV-AIDS national capacity building 50,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina Catholic Relief Services, CRS Building just structures: An ongoing community capacity-building development programme: Training in...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (14 Jun 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...in 1999 to almost €11 million in 2005. A sharp focus on poverty reduction underlies all our activities in Lesotho. The main components of the programme are rural water supply, education, health, HIV-AIDS and governance. The Lesotho programme has been in place for 30 years and, in comparison to the other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where Ireland operates bilateral programmes, the...

Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (2 Jun 2005)

Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 166 together. The HIV-AIDS pandemic is leading to a reversal of development gains in many African countries. It generally affects the most productive and economically active members of society. In societies where most people depend on agriculture as a source of income, there is a strong association between high rates of HIV infection and food...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 Apr 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ...performance in the justice, law and order sector, an area where Ireland has an extensive engagement in support of institutions of the judiciary, police, prisons, parliament and human rights bodies. HIV-AIDS is a special focus for Ireland in Africa. In Uganda, Ireland supports prevention strategies for people free of the disease and assists those living with HIV-AIDS, as well as supporting...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 Apr 2005)

Conor Lenihan: ..., where our national development co-operation programme is centred. Some 85% of our bilateral programme country assistance is spent in that region. We will continue to prioritise the fight against HIV-AIDS. Ireland's total expenditure for HIV-AIDS work is of the order of €50 million this year, channelled through bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental programmes. We will urge our EU...