Results 2,241-2,260 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr
- Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Whilst the principle of a possible agreement was raised by the Belarusian ambassador no discussions on the content of any such agreement have taken place with Belarusian authorities and no documentation has been tabled covering any such agreement. Part IVB of the Children Act 2001 defines Private Foster Care as any arrangement where a child is in the full-time care of a person other than his...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (24 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. The...
- 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. In June 2005 the Group in question was approved â¬108,800 in staffing grant assistance under the EOCP for the period to 31 December 2007,...
- 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. The NCIP is a key element of the National Childcare Strategy 2006-2010 and came into effect from 1 January 2006. The decision of the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (24 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 — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 517 and 518 together. 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 NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, with an allocation of â¬575 million...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (25 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Child Care Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Child Care Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. I understand that the Child Care Directorate of my Office has recently issued approval to the Group in question for â¬1 million in respect...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (25 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Child Care Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Child Care Investment Programme 2006-2010 (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...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (25 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. My understanding is that there has been no change in the staffing levels in the adoption area in Cork. However, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 170, Standing Order 125 is modified to permit an instruction to the Committee to which the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad] may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, for which it has power to make provision in the Bill in relation toâ (a) amending Part VII of the Child Care Act 1991 to enable regulations to be made which will...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I may quote the Deputy during the general election campaign.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Is the Deputy presuming the result of the election?
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: It was conditional.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I heard the Deputy.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I regret that. I circulated it to those who were at the committee debate. I appreciate it is hard for the Deputy to keep up to date with the various committees.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: That refers to pre-school children, but this proposal refers to after-school care.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputies for their broad welcome for this legislation. I trespassed outside the scope of the original Bill but I only trespassed in the same parent Act although I understand the facility had been overdrawn on other occasions and the Ceann Comhairle has now a much stricter regime in place as a result so I can plead that I may have fallen foul of it. Deputies Twomey and McManus...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, to delete lines 5 to 11 and substitute the following: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHILD CARE ACT 1991 AND TO MAKE CONSEQUENTIAL AND OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILDREN ACT 2001; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.". Amendment No 1 changes the Long Title to accommodate the changes proposed to the 2001 Act and the sections of the 1991 Act other than those set out in the...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: "PART 1 PRELIMINARY 1.â(1) This Act may be cited as the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007. (2) The Child Care Acts 1991 and 2001, section 75 of the Health Act 2004 (in so far as it amends the Child Care Acts 1991 and 2001), Part 2, section 19 (in so far as it amends the Child Care Acts 1991 and 2001) and this...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, to delete lines 13 to 15.