Results 201-220 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Health Services. (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Would the Minister accept that the manner in which we have treated cystic fibrosis patients and their parents and families is a national disgrace and scandal? Is she aware there are over 1,100 patients with cystic fibrosis in this country at the moment, the highest proportion of patients per head of population of any other country? Is she aware that a person born in Ireland with cystic...

Health Services. (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: It is still substantially less than in the UK or Northern Ireland.

Health Services. (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Is the Minister aware that since 1983 all newborn babies in Northern Ireland have been screened at birth for cystic fibrosis? Is she aware this not only allows an early diagnosis, but allows at an early stage for appropriate treatment to be commenced? Is she aware the average age in Ireland for discovering whether a child has cystic fibrosis is two years? There is also a gender gap as...

Health Services. (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: That will be three years.

Health Services. (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: How early in 2008 will it be awarded?

Health Services. (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: That is still three years away.

Health Services. (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Why has it taken so long? Can it be in place this year?

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to make an order pursuant to Section 11 (2) (a) of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 to enable the Ombudsman for Children to investigate complaints received regarding children detained in prisons such as St. Patrick's Institution as well as other adult prisons here; if the consent of the Minister for Justice,...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place in her Department to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the number of children who are the subject of reports to the Health Service Executive of either abuse or neglect and to monitor the time frame involved in the commencement of an investigation to assess the validity of such reports; the HSE areas in which such...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children seeking asylum who arrived in the State in each of the years 2000 to 2007; the number of such children who were reunited with their families; the numbers who are currently provided by the State with accommodation in accommodation centres; the address of such centres; and the number of such children...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the dedicated services currently in place for children aged 16 years and over who require in-patient psychiatric hospital treatment; the action proposed to be taken to put in place essential services; and the timeframe involved. [2783/08]

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to date to extend social work services provided to families and children at risk to a seven day 24 hour service as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its second periodic report adopted on 29 September 2006 reviewing Ireland's compliance with its international obligations under the UN Convention...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reports received by the Health Service Executive in 2006 and separately in 2007 relating to child abuse or neglect; the number of children in respect of whom such reports were received within each area of the Health Service Executive's administration in respect of each year; the number of such reports fully investigated...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children within each area administered by the Health Service Executive in respect of whom there are currently reports of abuse or neglect where no investigation or assessment has commenced by the HSE; the number of children so affected in respect of whom such reports were received over three months ago in each such area;...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements made by the Health Service Executive to provide accommodation for separated children seeking asylum; the steps that have been taken in the past 12 months to ensure the adequacy of the care provided in view of the concerns expressed by the Ombudsman for Children; and the services in place to ensure that adequate...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions in legislation enacted by the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to children's legislation which have not been brought into operation; the reason for the delay; when it is intended to bring such provisions into operation; and the action proposed in this regard. [2779/08]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints made in each of the years 2000 to 2007 inclusive of sexual or physical abuse of children in the care of the State during the aforesaid years; the agency to which such complaints were made; the procedures in place to promptly respond to such complaints; the investigations conducted into such complaints; the...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms put in place by the Health Service Executive to investigate complaints of alleged physical or sexual abuse of children presently in the care of the State; the steps taken by the HSE to publicise contact points in respect of any such service; and the number or personnel employed in such service, their qualifications,...

Written Answers — Children Act 1997: Children Act 1997 (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions in the Children Act 1997 that are not yet in force; the reason for the delay in bringing them into force; and the action proposed by him. [2851/08]

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (31 Jan 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of warning notices issued to children for alleged anti-social behaviour pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2006 during 2007; the number of anti-social behaviour orders sought and granted by the courts in respect of children and adults during 2007; and the number of applicants for such orders presently...