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- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)
Conor Lenihan: ...Expenditure Evaluation of Tigray Regional Programme, Ethiopia. Major evaluations planned for 2007 include: Ethiopia Country Programme Irish Missionary Resource Service Value for Money Review on HIV/AIDS Expenditure Irish Aid Fellowship Scheme Support to Education in Uganda Evaluation of Irish Aid approach to Gender in Mozambique Country Programme.
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)
Conor Lenihan: ...difference to poor people's lives. In 2007, a budget of â¬31 million has been allocated for the Mozambique country programme. Additional funds are also provided through the Clinton Foundation for HIV/AIDS, through Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), missionaries and local organisations for their community- based programmes. In total, it is estimated that Ireland will deliver...
- 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: ...degradation, weak governmental capacity and policies, unequal global trading relationships, protracted conflict, severe infrastructural weaknesses, poor governance, debt and the effects of HIV/AIDS. Irish Aid's emergency humanitarian budget is a key instrument in responding to the humanitarian needs arising from conflict, food insecurity and the effects of natural disasters. Our recovery...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (13 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: ...on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. The Government is committed to action in support of this goal, which is essential to reducing maternal and infant mortality rates and tackling HIV and AIDS. Limited progress has been made since the Cairo conference in 1994. Reproductive health problems account for 18% of the total global burden of disease and, tragically, half a million women...
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: I strongly support the right of developing countries to access affordable medicines to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases. This right was recognised in the WTO Ministerial Declaration made in Doha in 2001, which calls for "the implementation and interpretation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) in a manner supportive...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: ...of trained staff to provide treatment and the high cost of medicine to poor people. Lack of access to medicine causes the deaths of many people each year in developing countries, particularly from HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and infectious diseases in children. Access to medicine needs to be improved along with complementary measures for prevention and care. The Government's commitment to health...
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: ...degradation, weak governmental capacity and policies, unequal global trading relationships, protracted conflict, severe infrastructural weaknesses, poor governance, debt and the effects of HIV/AIDS. Irish Aid's emergency humanitarian budget is a key instrument in responding to the humanitarian needs arising from conflict, food insecurity and the effects of natural disasters. Our recovery...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Feb 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...
- Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (6 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: ...and Development in Cairo in 1994. The Government is committed to action in support of this goal which is essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and is important in tackling HIV and AIDS. Limited progress has been made since the Cairo conference in 1994. Reproductive health problems account for 18% of the total global burden of disease and, tragically, half a million women...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ..., ranked 149 on the UN Human Development Index (HDI). Half the population lives below the poverty line with an income of less than $1 a day. Over 30% of the adult population are living with HIV/AIDS, which is one of the highest rates of infection in the world. Ireland's aid programme in Lesotho has expanded significantly in recent years, with the budget increasing from â¬6 million in...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The HIV/AIDS pandemic presents a major challenge to developing countries, especially in Africa. Children are severely affected. In sub-Saharan Africa 12 million children under the age of 17 have lost one or both parents to AIDS and it is estimated that the figure will rise to over 15 million by 2010. Children account for 14% of new global HIV infections and 18% of AIDS related deaths. In...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: HIV/AIDS is one of the foremost challenges in development, especially in Africa. The recently- launched White Paper on Irish Aid reaffirms the priority attached by the Government to addressing the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative provides assistance to countries to implement care, treatment and prevention programmes that can reverse the course of the...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ...of trained staff to provide treatment and the high cost of medicine to poor people. Lack of access to medicine causes the deaths of many people each year in developing countries, particularly from HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and infectious diseases in children. Access to medicine needs to be improved along with complementary measures for prevention and care. The Government's commitment to health...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ...degradation, weak governmental capacity and policies, unequal global trading relationships, protracted conflict, severe infrastructural weaknesses, poor governance, debt and the effects of HIV/AIDS. Addressing Africa's needs, especially the interests of the poorest and most vulnerable, necessitates a comprehensive and coordinated series of actions by the international community and African...
- Overseas Development Aid. (23 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ...will amount to approximately â¬40 million. Irish Aid assists in the implementation of the national poverty reduction plan. Aid is focused on sectors including health, education, agriculture, HIV-AIDS and good governance. Irish Aid also works closely with the Clinton Foundation and the Government of Mozambique to deliver essential life-saving drugs to sufferers of AIDS. In Uganda, our...
- Overseas Development Aid. (23 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ...shopfront will also showcase the Government's overseas aid programme and engage in other public information activities for the aid programme. The Government will continue its support for combating HIV-AIDS and other communicable diseases in the developing world, with plans to spend at least â¬100 million next year. This is in line with the commitment the Taoiseach gave in New York when...
- Written Answers — HIV-AIDS Agreement: HIV-AIDS Agreement (25 Oct 2006)
Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 151 together. HIV/AIDS is one of the foremost challenges in development, especially in Africa. The recently launched White Paper on Irish Aid reaffirms the priority attached by the Government to addressing the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Institution provides assistance to countries to implement care, treatment and...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (25 Oct 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The most recent information and statistics on the HIV/AIDS epidemic are contained in the 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). This report noted progress in declining HIV infection rates in a number of countries and increasing access to HIV treatment. Adult HIV infection rates have decreased in certain countries and...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (17 Oct 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ...in the Northern Province, which now provides a sustainable source of fresh, clean water to approximately 113,000 people. Over the past three years as part of our contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS, we have worked in close partnership with the Clinton Foundation. In Mozambique, the partnership has to date ensured that 20,000 people are now on anti-retroviral treatment, 83 clinics...