Results 301-320 of 18,449 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: 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 has been approved a total of €391,367 in staffing grant assistance under the EOCP, including €174,500 for the...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (26 Sep 2007)

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 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 — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (26 Sep 2007)

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 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 (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: 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 has recently been approved €48,215 additional capital grant assistance under the EOCP. I understand the Childcare...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: 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 following are the total figures for capital and staffing grant assistance approved to date for the Groups referred to, listed in the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: The main supports the Government makes available to parents to assist them with their childcare costs are Child Benefit and the Early Childcare Supplement. The latter payment, which is in recognition of the higher childcare costs of pre-school children, is the responsibility of my Office, and it alone amounts to expenditure of over €400m in a full year. These payments are universal and...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 2007)

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 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 — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 2007)

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 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. In view of the reply which has...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: 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 has both an equal opportunities and a social inclusion perspective and aims to increase the supply of centre based childcare places...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I understand from the Parliamentary Affairs Division in the Health Service Executive that a reply to the Deputy's question of 31 January 2007 was issued on 8 February 2007. Under the Health Act 2004, the provision of health and personal social services is the responsibility of the HSE and, as the Deputy's current question contains more specific requests, I have forwarded the question to them...

Written Answers — Public Inquiry: Public Inquiry (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I refer the Deputy to the answer Mary Hanafin T.D. the then Minister for Children, gave to PQ4258/02. I have no plans to establish a statutory enquiry in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: Under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP), which is co-funded under the EU Social Fund (ESF), targeted support was provided through the staffing support grant scheme whereby community based not-for-profit childcare providers with a strong focus on disadvantage were awarded grant aid towards their staffing costs to allow them to operate reduced fees to disadvantaged...

Seanad: Food Supplements (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to the office. Everybody in the Oireachtas will be proud of the work of Senator Pat Moylan as Cathaoirleach of the Upper House. I thank Senator de Búrca for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I take the opportunity also to congratulate her on her nomination by the Taoiseach to Seanad Éireann. I...

Seanad: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I thank Senator Joe O'Reilly for raising this important issue. I congratulate the Senator on his recent election to the Seanad and wish him many terms of success in the Upper House, particularly as I am very happy in the other House. I am dealing with this issue on behalf of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Seamus Brennan, who is unavoidably absent. The funding available to...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I thank Senator Bacik for raising this important issue and congratulate her on her election to the Seanad. I wish her every success in the Upper House. For many years Colombia has been torn by violent civil strife. Those involved, in addition to the Columbian Government, include two left-wing groups, FARC and ELN, and the right-wing AUC. The involvement of these groups in the cocaine...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: The main supports the Government makes available to parents to assist them with their childcare costs are Child Benefit and the Early Childcare Supplement. The latter payment, which is in recognition of the higher childcare costs of pre-school children, is the responsibility of my Office, and it alone amounts to expenditure of over €400m in a full year. These payments are universal and...

Child Care Services. (2 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Deputies for raising this important matter. The main supports the Government makes available to parents to assist them with their child care costs are child benefit and the early child care supplement. The latter payment recognises the higher child care costs of pre-school children, is the responsibility of my office and alone amounts to expenditure of over €400 million in a...

Rural Transport Services. (2 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for raising this important issue, to which I will respond on behalf of the Minister for Transport and the Marine, Deputy Dempsey, due to his unavoidable absence. The programme for Government restates the commitment to rural transport that underpins the Department of Transport and the Marine's rural transport programme, RTP, which was launched last February. The...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (2 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: Intercountry adoption is regulated by the Adoption Acts 1952 — 1998. The Acts which are most relevant to intercountry adoption are the Adoption Act 1991 and the Adoption Act, 1998. There are a number of statutory procedures regulating intercountry adoption. For example, for an adoption to be recognised in Ireland, all prospective adoptive parents habitually resident in Ireland must be...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: Under the Health Act 2004, the provision of health and personal social services is the responsibility the Health Service Executive. Therefore, the Deputy's question has been forwarded to the HSE and I have requested that they reply to the Deputy directly.