Results 1,521-1,540 of 1,981 for speaker:Conor Lenihan
- Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: We are the lead Department in terms of international legal issues but, in keeping with our approach to joined-up Government, we have to confirm it with the Attorney General. Our in-house legal opinion is that we will not need legislation and that is good news because, if the Attorney General confirms our view, it will be a matter of months before we accede to the Vienna conventions. The...
- Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The Government amendment to section 6 of the Bill was agreed upon on Committee Stage. The Labour Party's proposed amendment to section 6 would involve its replacement with a differently worded provision which would have substantially the same effect. As I stated on Committee Stage, the main difference in the proposed amendment is that, whereas the Bill deals with the matter by the textual...
- Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: I would like to do so but at the risk of causing offence, the Deputy may be overstating the case. It is not the case that a Supreme Court decision in respect of Leontjava and the Director of Public Prosecutions actually exposed a defect. What is happening here is that, on the advice of the Attorney General, we are moving to rectify a potential defect that might emerge at some point. It is not...
- Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The Attorney General decided that in terms of best practice, it was best to delimit the areas whereby immunities and privileges can be granted by a Government and that they should be specified, rather than unspecified. That is what we are doing here. It is a tidying up operation. It has not been occasioned by a crisis, constitutional, legal or otherwise. The Leontjava case brought into relief...
- Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The Deputy should feel free to unburden himself.
- Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The Opposition wants to ruin the economy.
- Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The Deputy is a rare orchid.
- Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: Be careful of the cankerous rose.
- Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)
Conor Lenihan: That is wonderful research, reading the national newspapers.
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (25 Jan 2006)
Conor Lenihan: It is estimated that over 73,000 people in northern Pakistan lost their lives in the earthquake which struck south Asia on 8 October 2005. The earthquake severely affected the North-West Frontier and Kashmir Provinces of Pakistan causing widespread structural damage. Over 70,000 people were seriously injured, 3 million people lost their homes and 1 million jobs were lost. Former Taoiseach Mr....
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (25 Jan 2006)
Conor Lenihan: Ireland's support to Ethiopia is focussed on addressing the basic needs of the rural poor. No Irish aid moneys go directly to the Government of Ethiopia via direct or general budget support. With a population now exceeding 70 million people, Ethiopia is Ireland's largest programme country. It is also the poorest, with over 30% of the population living on less than $1 a day and 76% on less...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (15 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: It is now estimated that over 74,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake which struck south Asia, including Pakistan and India, on 8 October 2005. In particular, the earthquake severely affected the North West Frontier and Kashmir provinces of Pakistan. An estimated 3.5 million people have been left homeless by the disaster. Within hours of the disaster, the Government pledged â¬1...
- Written Answers — Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters (14 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: It is estimated that over 73,000 people in northern Pakistan lost their lives in the earthquake which struck south Asia on 8 October 2005. The earthquake severely affected the North West Frontier and Kashmir provinces of Pakistan, causing widespread structural damage and leaving an estimated 3.5 million people homeless. Within hours of the disaster the Government pledged â¬1 million in...
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: They are a stingy crowd of ranchers.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: I wish to acknowledge publicly, after 14 months in the position of Minister of State, the great gratitude I feel towards the Minister for Finance and the wider Cabinet and Government colleagues for the enormous contribution and the passion with which they are prepared to make commitments to overseas aid. Since Deputy Bertie Ahern became Taoiseach in 1997ââ
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: ââthe Irish overseas aid programmeââ
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: ââhas been tripled. Thanks to the commitment of the Taoiseach, the Government and I made in New York in September, that programme will triple again in size.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: I wish to say a few words about that programme. It is the envy of the world and is one the most highly regarded programmes in the world because we focus all our efforts on the poorest of the poor. Some 80% of what we spend on the bilateral programme goes to the poorest countries, the least developed countries of sub-Saharan Africa. I am proud of that programme which has been built and tripled...
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: The increase we achieved this year was higher than the entire aid programme in 1995. Those opposite who seek to replace us as a Government will not be able to deliver on those increases. When in Government they did virtually nothing in this area. As we discuss the budget, it is noticeable what are the Opposition's priorities. When given the opportunity to discuss the substantive issue of the...
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)
Conor Lenihan: They prefer to pander to tawdry values and political correctness rather than discuss the substantive issue of a budget that will transform the livelihoods of the people we serve. It is extraordinary that the Opposition has nothing better to doââ