Results 2,221-2,240 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Apr 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. A new programme of staffing grants under the NCIP is to be announced in 2007 and will be informed by the outcome of a Value for Money Review...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Apr 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. A new programme of staffing grants under the NCIP is to be announced in 2007 and will be informed by the outcome of a Value for Money Review...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Apr 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 — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (3 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 616 dated 21 February, 2006 in which I confirmed that I was aware of the correspondence referred to. As I pointed out in that reply, there was substantial correspondence from the person concerned outlining a range of concerns and allegations regarding the centre in question and related matters. On receipt of the correspondence in...
- Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (4 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 Office 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 (4 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000 â 2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 â 2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. As part of the process of closing the EOCP, the final date for reaching contract stage, for Groups applying for funding under this...
- Seanad: School Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank the Senator for raising the matter because it affords me the opportunity to respond on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin. Modernising facilities in our 3,200 primary and 750 post primary schools is not an easy task given the legacy of decades of under-investment in this area and the need to respond to emerging needs in areas of rapid population growth....
- Seanad: School Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The officials have completed their assessment of the projected enrolments.
- Seanad: School Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: We are no longer at the assessment stage, it is complete. A school visit is required to finalise the brief for the project and officials will be in contact with the school authority to arrange that.
- Seanad: School Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank the Senator for raising the demand for post-primary places in the Lucan area and how this demand is being met. There are 12 primary schools in the Lucan area with a current combined sixth class enrolment of 501 pupils. In 2006, the four post-primary providers in the area had a combined first year enrolment of 481 pupils. Therefore, the demand for pupil places will only increase by...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (5 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (5 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Adoption Board meets every Tuesday with the exception of the Tuesdays following a Bank Holiday Monday. The Deputy's question on the number of people who have applied in the past year to adopt and the number of people currently on the waiting list to adopt relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service...
- Written Answers — Child Care Regulations: Child Care Regulations (5 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006 will be going to print shortly and will be available in a matter of weeks. Copies of the regulations were made available through the Government Publications Office in December 2006. I will arrange for a printed version of the regulations to be forwarded to the Deputy upon publication.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Keaveney for raising these issues on the Adjournment. I welcome the opportunity to respond as part of this debate. Of course, all children are treated equally when payments of this type are made. The Government decided in the 2006 budget to introduce a major new payment to parents of young children â the early child care supplement â under the remit of the Office of the...
- Family Support Services. (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputies Howlin and Kehoe for raising these issues and welcome the opportunity to respond. I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of a young family in tragic circumstances in County Wexford last weekend. I extend my profound sympathies to the extended families and friends of the deceased, who are now left to come to terms with this very tragic turn of events. I have sought a...
- Water Quality. (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue, and I am glad to have the opportunity to respond on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, who was referred to by Deputy Pat Breen. The Minister is aware that several "boil water" notices have been issued in Ennis in recent years. He accepts that having to boil water, necessary though it may be to protect public...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. The organisation referred to by the Deputy is one of the seven National Voluntary Childcare Organisations (NVCOs) which receive funding under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) which is administered by the Office of the Minister for Children. It was intended that the funding provided under the EOCP would enable...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Apr 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, staffing grant assistance is available to assist community based / not for profit childcare Groups with a focus on...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Investment 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 funding under the EOCP runs to 31 December 2007, when that Programme comes to a close. A new programme of staffing...
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: It has not been possible to resolve the outstanding issues in the proposed intercountry adoption agreement with Belarus. I am informed that within the last 2 weeks, a small number of files were returned to the Adoption Board in respect of applicants intending to adopt from Belarus. These applicants have been advised that their applications cannot be progressed. The Adoption Board is now...