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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sustainable urban development – rural development – EQUAL initiative2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000214.4.1-065"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-14-Speech-1-0662
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, my reason for wanting to contribute to this debate is because the URBAN initiative, in Ireland in particular, has been quite successful and I am keen that the European Union make a further contribution in that area. It is a sad fact that there are many hundreds, if not thousands, of communities in the European Union suffering very severe poverty and disadvantage. Even in Member States and cities that are extremely wealthy we have large numbers of people living in ghettos, in situations where there are inadequate facilities, where schooling is very poor, where the physical infrastructure is under-developed and where drugs and other phenomena are rife. It seems to me that in order for the European Union to demonstrate that it has a role in helping the citizens of the European Union it must give assistance to Member States to demonstrate that the Union works for these citizens and their families. The programme has been extremely successful in Ireland, as indeed I know it has been successful in other countries. It was quite slow in getting off the ground there, but it was slow because it was necessary to have the local people themselves develop these programmes. It is important that they use their initiative and their own local expertise in developing this initiative. It would be very easy to have these programmes developed quickly and on time if you brought in outside professional experts but that would undermine the whole purpose of the URBAN programme. I should like to make one further point before I conclude: we should insist where this money is being allocated and where this programme is being developed that it be done in the context of a serious URBAN development policy. This, unfortunately, is not the case in Ireland."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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