Results 2,141-2,160 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (15 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 63 and 80 together. To apply for the Childcare Services Relief, Childminders are obliged to make an annual tax return of their childminding income to the Revenue Commissioners. For tax exemption purposes, Childminders must also provide evidence that they have notified their local City/County Childcare Committee (CCC), through the local Childminding Advisory...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (15 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. Staffing grant assistance was previously approved for the Group in question of â¬84,786 under the EOCP, which included â¬76,786 over three...
- Written Answers — Pre-School Inspections: Pre-School Inspections (15 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The establishment of the Health Service Executive represented a fundamental move from the previously fragmented structure and organisation of the country's health and personal social services to a unitary system under the Executive. This ensured that one body would have responsibility for the management and delivery of services from the local to the national level, including data collection...
- Written Answers — National Children Strategy: National Children Strategy (15 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The National Children's Strategy, Our Children â Their Lives, was published in November 2000 to bring a better focus and greater impact to Government activity in relation to children, through stronger leadership and co-ordination. The Strategy covers the period 2000 to 2010. An independent mid-term review of progress on implementing the Strategy was carried out by the National Children's...
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The publication of the National Recreation Policy for Young People has been approved by Government and its launch is expected to take place in the near future. Essentially, the policy provides a strategic framework for the promotion of positive recreational opportunities aimed principally at young people aged 12 to 18. It includes seven core objectives incorporating a series of...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The new National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016, which I understand is to be launched later this week, incorporates the childcare target already set out in Towards 2016, that is, an infrastructure will be developed to provide quality, affordable childcare and an increase in the number of childcare places (of all types) by 100,000 over the period to 2016. The National Childcare...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The new National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016, which I understand is to be launched later this week, incorporates the childcare target already set out in Towards 2016, that is, an infrastructure will be developed to provide quality, affordable childcare and an increase in the number of childcare places (of all types) by 100,000 over the period to 2016. The National Childcare...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The group in question were approved an indicative amount of â¬250,000 in capital grant assistance under the EOCP in November 2005, towards...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The Group in question were approved â¬398,975 in Capital Grant assistance under the EOCP in October 2002. They were approved further...
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: A preliminary report by the Health Service Executive on the provision of services by the HSE to the person and her family referred to by the Deputy was received by Officials in my Office yesterday. In addition to this report I understand that the HSE announced earlier today that they have requested an external expert to undertake a review of the HSE's involvement in this case and to prepare...
- Written Answers — Social Services for Children: Social Services for Children (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: A number of initiatives in recent years are aimed, inter alia at ensuring that services for children and young people are delivered in an effective, efficient and coordinated manner. The Office of the Minister for Children (OMC) was set up to bring greater coherence to policy making for children. Children now have a stronger voice on issues that affect them through my attendance at cabinet...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Tallaght West project, A Place for Children. Tallaght West is a strategy built on strong community engagement, with a focus on improving the health, safety and learning of the children of the area. In 2006 I announced the Government's commitment to co-fund an innovative programme of prevention and early intervention for children. This Prevention and Early Intervention Programme is being...
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive Property: Health Service Executive Property (20 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, the sum available for expenditure in health under the Health Service Executive's capital plan is â¬657 million. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I do not think he is speaking nonsense.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: My constituency is adjacent to County Meath, so I am very familiar with the area.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. Under the EOCP support is provided towards the staffing costs of employing childcare workers in community based childcare facilities in...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The EOCP 2000-2006, which is part funded by the European Union and for which the budget is now â¬500 million was created to develop...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006. This Programme incorporates the Childcare Measures of the two Regional Operational Programmes of the National Development Plan 2000-2006. To end December 2006, approximately â¬381 million had been expended on developing childcare under the National Development Plan â â¬136...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: In Budget 2006, the Government introduced a number of significant new developments under a new National Childcare Strategy 2006-2010. As part of these developments and to facilitate the delivery of the new Strategy a new Office of the Minister for Children (OMC) was established. A key component of the National Childcare Strategy is the â¬575 million National Childcare Investment Programme...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Feb 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and its successor, the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. Over â¬14.75 million has been allocated under the EOCP to childcare in Sligo to date. This includes an allocation of â¬3.88...