Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will attend a ceremony (details supplied) to mark the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34219/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Unfortunately I will be unable to attend the event in Dublin on 17 October to which the Deputy refers. I will, however, mark the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with an address to the Biennial Conference of the Irish Forum for Global Health, which is being held at University College Cork on 17-18 October. The theme of this year's Conference is Global Health Challenges: Environment, Hunger and Diseases of Poverty.