Results 18,081-18,100 of 18,645 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The HSE has statutory responsibility for the implementation of policy with regard to assessments for inter-country adoption. As the Deputy may be aware, requests for assessment for inter-country adoption are continuously increasing. The recent study on inter-country adoption, undertaken by the Children's Research Centre in Trinity College, revealed that Ireland has one of the highest rates...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The following table below gives the details requested, regarding the number of capital grant applications under the NCIP, broken down by county, which have...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question mainly relates to the management and delivery of health and social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. The phenomenon of...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years. I understand that, in July 2007, the Group referred to was approved under the NCIP interim staffing support scheme for a start up grant of â¬3,000 in respect of the period September to December 2007. The interim scheme was...
- Written Answers — Departmental Studies: Departmental Studies (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: I would refer the Deputy to the text of my reply to Question No. 261 dated Tuesday, 5 February 2008 about the National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland. No provision has been made for DNA sampling at this time.
- Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (7 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: Capital grants are available to providers of community childcare facilities under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 which is part of the National Development Plan 2007 â 2013. The Deputy will be aware that all public expenditure is subject to strict accounting rules and requirements in order to safeguard public investment. In relation to community childcare facilities a...
- Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (6 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme (EOCP) 2000-2006 has now closed to applicants and is succeeded by the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP). Under both programmes all grant applications involve an assessment with reference to the Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006. Regulations 5, 26 (1) and 28 (b) specifically address the issues of healthy...
- Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (5 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 â 2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over five years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. Initially when seeking capital funding under the NCIP applicants approach the City/County Childcare Committees who assist in the development of...
- Written Answers — Childhood Study: Childhood Study (5 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The aim of the National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland (NLSCI) is "to study the factors, which contribute to or undermine the well-being of children in contemporary Irish families, and, through this, contribute to the setting of effective and responsive policies relating to children and to the design of services for children and their families". This Study will monitor the...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: The 1996 and 1997 Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations referred to by the Deputy, were replaced, with effect from 3rd September 2007, by the new and revised Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006. Under the new Regulations and associated explanatory guide, measures to support healthy eating and active living are provided for. Regulation 5 states that 'A person carrying on...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (5 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: I can confirm that the Department received an application for a grant from the Health and Children allocation of National Lottery funds, in respect of the organisation referred to. There is a protocol in the Department of Health and Children for processing applications for National Lottery grants. Following assessment, evaluation and recommendation applications are considered in the context...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (31 Jan 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP) which, together with the earlier Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP), are implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The main supports the Government makes available to parents to assist them with their childcare costs are Child Benefit and the...
- Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (31 Jan 2008)
Brendan Smith: At the time of the drafting of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002, children detained in St. Patrick's Institution were excluded from the remit of the Ombudsman for Children for a number of reasons. Firstly, the Ombudsman Act 1980 exempted prisons and it was decided there should be consistency of approach in the Ombudsman for Children Bill. Secondly, the remit of the Ombudsman for Children...
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (31 Jan 2008)
Brendan Smith: The HSE has statutory responsibility for the implementation of policy with regard to assessments for inter-country adoption. As the Deputy may be aware, requests for assessment for inter-country adoption are continuously increasing. The recent study on inter-country adoption, undertaken by the Children's Research Centre in Trinity College, revealed that Ireland has one of the highest rates...
- Written Answers — Departmental Studies: Departmental Studies (31 Jan 2008)
Brendan Smith: Towards 2016 includes a commitment that a study of the extent to which children undertake inappropriate care roles will be undertaken to establish the extent and degree to which this issue arises and the levels of impact it has on the lives of the children concerned. The Office of the Minister for Children will be commissioning this study in 2008, following consultation with the relevant...
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy is aware the management and delivery of health and social services are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Under Section 31 of that Act, the Health Service Executive must prepare and submit to the Minister its Service Plan for the coming year, for approval. The National Service Plan (NSP) must, amongst other things, indicate the type and...