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Order of Business (24 Apr 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Can the Deputy's units tell the House what the Taoiseach will be having?

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: That is right.

Seanad: Situation in Zimbabwe. (27 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Senator Ross is an independent and outspoken Senator and I do not disagree with anything he has said so far in this debate. Ireland is outspoken and committed to stopping the outrage that is occurring in Zimbabwe. We are to the forefront internationally and in the EU in seeking to bring about changes in attitude, habit and behaviour in the Zimbabwean regime. The Government takes the...

Seanad: Situation in Zimbabwe. (27 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Government policy in respect of Zimbabwe, Darfur or any other part of the world where there is flagrant disregard for basic human rights law, as guaranteed under the United Nations Charter, is that people should be held to account. This should apply to Mr. Mugabe, his Government and those who work under its direction and control, namely, the police and security forces and others engaged in...

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: The Labour Party is wrestling with its conscience again.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Go on Ringo.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Go on Ringo.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: He is shouting loud now.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Enda's away, so he is shouting hard.

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: The table shows the level of funding for Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) by other Government Departments in 2005. As the Deputy will see, the largest contributions were made by the Department of Finance (primarily to the Bretton Woods Institutions) and by the Department of Food and Agriculture (contributions to various UN Organisations involved in the delivery of food aid). Government...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124, 151 and 162 together. In common with other major donors, Irish Aid evaluates spending on overseas development aid in a number of ways. The Evaluation and Audit Unit plans its evaluation work on the basis of a three-year rolling work plan and a detailed annual operational plan. The focus is on strategic evaluations across the entire development programme...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 and 160 together. In 2007, funding in the amount of €1 million is budgeted for the development of a Rapid Response Corps. The Corps will comprise approximately 50 highly-qualified and appropriately-experienced experts who will, on request, be deployed at short notice and for periods of up to 3 months. The funding will be used to provide extensive and...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: This mail-out of the 'Summary of the Government's White Paper on Irish Aid' to every household in the country is taking place in the context of the need to strengthen public awareness of the aid programme, as outlined in the White Paper and in debates in the Dáil and Seanad. Throughout the extensive consultation process preceding publication of the White Paper, this emerged as an important...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Irish Aid established a programme of development cooperation with Mozambique in 1996. The central goal of the programme is to assist the Government and people of Mozambique in reducing poverty, through the implementation of the national poverty reduction plan. The Development Cooperation Directorate in the Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the administration of the overseas...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: 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. The costs associated with training of replacement staff in Irish Aid will be met from the Department's...

Written Answers — Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Since November 2006, extreme climatic events resulting from the El Niño Phenomenon have been affecting Bolivia. Floods and landslides as well as drought, hail and freezing temperatures have caused loss of lives, injury and displacements, as well as damage to housing, infrastructure and agriculture. The most recent information available indicates that 34 people lost their lives, approximately...

Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (21 Mar 2007)

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 2006, 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 — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Africa is at the heart of Ireland's programme of official development assistance. The complex series of factors, which contribute to the enormous needs encountered in Africa, include food insecurity, poverty, environmental degradation, weak governmental capacity and policies, unequal global trading relationships, protracted conflict, severe infrastructural weaknesses, poor governance, debt...

Human Rights Issues. (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Welcome to the twilight zone.

Human Rights Issues. (21 Mar 2007)

Conor Lenihan: Horses for courses.