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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: If there was a country we were particularly anxious to develop links with, how would that operate on the ground? Mr. Cooney might give an example.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: The Department managed to issue more passports in 2011 than 2012, which is positive. I will understand if Mr. Cooney is not in a position to comment on an investigation into passport fraud. What can he say about that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: I am very conscious of that work because I visited the Belfast office and was very struck by how well informed the staff were. It is very important that the Department maintain that presence because the average person on this side of the Border is inclined to take his or her eye off the ball in that regard. It is important to keep a close eye on what is happening in the North. I have some...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: Will the anti-gay law introduced in Uganda have an impact on Irish aid to the country?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: Divorce was illegal.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: A few years ago I was mayor of South Dublin County Council and at the time we were encouraged by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to establish links with two towns in the south of Ethiopia to help them to install sewerage and drainage systems. We regarded it as a very positive programme and it was of mutual benefit to both the towns and the county council. It had the advantage of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: I refer to the Department's accounts and the outturn under subhead A of €50.6 million in 2012, compared to an estimate of €60.5 million, for the promotion of Ireland's economic and trade interests in Europe and internationally. Why is there such a discrepancy between the estimate and the amount expended?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: Was there an underspend on the EU Presidency?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: I welcome Mr. Cooney and his colleagues. I wish to express my appreciation of the important work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in representing this country abroad. I ask why there is no reference to expenditure in Northern Ireland. Is this expenditure covered under a different account? Perhaps I may have overlooked it when perusing the documents.
- Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: What time are witnesses expected to be present on days on which they are required to give evidence?
- Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: If we use today as an example, the witness were probably told to be in attendance at 10 a.m. and it is now 11.35 a.m.
- Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: I wish to make a suggestion. If the committee is going to be in session for an extended period on any given day, there should be a break of one hour for lunch. Would it be possible to do that?
- Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: Before we begin will the Chairman advise us on whether there is a Standing Order governing the time we have to speak?
- Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (5 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: I thank the Minister for his response. Is there an intention to have any Irish involvement in monitoring events in Ukraine and, if so, will the Minister elaborate on that? In the run up to this crisis, to what extent was advice from eastern states in the EU sought? Clearly, they would have a greater understanding of the sensitivities of the area than the EU states in this part of Europe. ...
- Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (5 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: As the Tánaiste said in recent days, the unfolding crisis in Ukraine is the most serious to have affected Europe since the end of the Cold War. The armed aggression of the Russian Federation against a fellow European country is absolutely unacceptable, and it is a threat to European security and peace. It is to be welcomed that the Ukrainian authorities have up to this point been...
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: There would be no extra jobs if we had not-----
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (4 Mar 2014)
Robert Dowds: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons currently on permanent panels of relief porters in county councils will be eligible to apply for service officer posts in her Department, which are to be filled by redeployment. [10368/14]
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Robert Dowds: Does Ms Kerins not believe that, since charities depend to one degree or another on the public's generosity, there is a moral obligation on all charities to ensure that senior staff are paid at a moderate level as opposed to a high end one, as in her case? She is paid more than the Taoiseach and, as someone mentioned, President Obama.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Robert Dowds: I appreciate that, but Ms Kerins is mixed up with the charity. I appreciate that Rehab is a particularly unusual creation, but the public views it as a charity because a part of it is charitable. The message to Rehab and all charitable organisations should be to keep their books clear and their salaries to as a moderate a level as possible. It is a lesson that must be learned from this...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Robert Dowds: Do SOLAS and the HSE monitor how the NLN is operating?