Results 21-40 of 881 for speaker:Peter Power
- Written Answers — Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters (20 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 168 together. The international humanitarian system has undergone significant reform since the Asian tsunami of 2004. Important lessons have been learned in the intervening period regarding the shortcomings of the response to that disaster and major steps have been taken to improve the effectiveness, predictability and accountability of the system as...
- Foreign Conflicts (20 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: I will convey the Deputies' good wishes to Deputy Martin. The floods which have ravaged eastern parts of Sri Lanka in recent days have caused widespread destruction and are thought to have affected nearly one million people. At least 40 people are known to have died while 300,000 have been forced from their homes. The Government of Sri Lanka has estimated the total damage caused by the...
- Foreign Conflicts (20 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: We will monitor the situation. Since I have taken up this portfolio, it has never ceased to amaze me how some disasters, rightly, generate significant international publicity while shortly after similar disasters do not capture the imagination of the international media, even though they cause immense hardship. For example, during Cyclone Nargis in Burma, not far from Sri Lanka, 129,000...
- Overseas Development Aid (20 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: The earthquake in Haiti killed more than 230,000 people and left 1.3 million people homeless. I saw the conditions at first hand last July and since then the hurricane season, the cholera outbreak and political uncertainty have exacerbated the already terrible situation. The international relief effort has, however, made much progress. Sanitation and clean water are being provided to the...
- Overseas Development Aid (20 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: I did not see the programmes but I am keeping a very close eye on the security situation in Haiti. As Deputy Barrett knows, I visited there last July and saw for myself the shocking horror of the scale of destruction there. I experienced at first hand the very fragile security situation that pertained, even six months after the earthquake. Even before the earthquake, the security situation...
- Overseas Development Aid (20 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: There needs to be a very clear distinction between our rapid response corps, which provides specialist aid in humanitarian situations, and the security or violent dimension to an emergency. In Haiti, the security situation is of concern to us but it is not our responsibility. It would be the responsibility of global organisations, such as MINUSTAH. There is discussion at European level as...
- Overseas Development Aid (20 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: We need to work with our European partners in this area. Discussions are being held at present as to how the European Union might contribute to a wider multilateral force. However, they are at the very early stages.
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (18 Jan 2011)
Peter Power: The Government attaches great importance to the role of volunteers in development. We recognise the need to give people interested in a career in development the opportunity to gain experience of working in the developing world and with the multilateral system. Since 2006, the Government has provided funding through Irish Aid to the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) internship and volunteer...
- Written Answers — Compensation Claims: Compensation Claims (8 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: The Deputy's Question refers to an individual who has sought compensation for alleged mishandling of a recruitment process by the Agency for Personal Services Overseas (APSO) in 1997. APSO was a limited company which was wound up in 2004. I am sure the Deputy will understand that, for legal reasons, I cannot enter into the details of this case. However, I can state that the Department of...
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: Last Friday Deputy Rabbitte claimed the figure was â¬2.5 billion.
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: What other taxes will the Labour Party introduce?
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: List them on the record of the House.
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: That will not amount to â¬1.8 billion.
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (7 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: Ireland has committed to achieving the UN target to provide 0.7% of Gross National Product (GNP) for Official Development Assistance (ODA) by 2015. The EU has committed to achieving the target collectively by 2015, and has set an interim target of 0.51% for Ireland and other Member States in 2010. This year, the Government has allocated a total of â¬671 million for ODA. On current...
- EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: Sparring partner.
- EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: The Deputy's finance spokesperson said something else last night.
- EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)
Peter Power: The Deputy should be careful what she wishes for.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)
Peter Power: Is the Deputy proposing that we borrow it? Is that what the Labour Party would do?
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Peter Power: We have to do this anyway.
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Peter Power: We have to balance our own books anyway, as the Senator should know.