Connaughton, PaulTuesday, 7 December 2004 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Question put: “That the words proposed to be deleted stand.”
Voted No 
Overseas Development Aid: Motion.
The Minister of State threw in the towel before he started.
The Minister of State has reduced it.
Sure and why not?
The Government should bring Mr. Annan back next year and hear what he has to say then.
Yet another White Paper.
We believe the Minister of State.
It is not the Government’s generosity, it is the people’s money.
I am sure they will be delighted to see the Minister of State.
A small one.
It is happening anyway.
I have no doubt he will.
The new Minister of State is the only boxer I ever saw getting knocked out on his way into the ring. He did not even get a chance to fight his corner. He was two days in the job and he took what was c...
The Minister of State is interested in the area but he could not have got off to a worse start. Of course, it is the Taoiseach’s fault but why did the Minister of State not ensure that he got a commit...
He took it lying down, that is the problem — that is what people are saying throughout the country. Why was it necessary for the Taoiseach to go on the greatest world stage and give this commitment on...
The Minister of State will get his opportunity to reply. I ask him to have manners and sit down.
We have had enough of that carry-on. You will get your chance to answer.
I have several more questions for the Minister of State and we will see how he answers them. Why, on the greatest world stage, did the Taoiseach see fit to give that commitment on behalf of the Irish ...
No, the Minister of State will have his opportunity to reply.
That is not one of his characteristics.
On the issue of overseas aid we have a moral responsibility.
We also have a moral responsibility to our emigrants in Britain. I have just returned from Camden Town where I met all the people on the front line on Saturday and Sunday last. They are not happy with...
That is the gap. It makes no difference to the people I met on the front line. There are people in Camden Town from all over Ireland who have spent a lifetime in the trenches and in the worst of condi...
I am sorry I do not have more time because I have many questions to put to the Minister of State.
I wish the Minister of State well because he has a difficult task but he got the worst possible start. While it is not in his blood to go down without a fight, he let this issue go over his head.
No.
If the Government does not have speakers we have. I suggest our side will use the four minutes if the Government is not prepared to provide a speaker.
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