Results 501-520 of 7,116 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr in 'Written Answers'
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Mar 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The current rate of Early Childcare Supplement (ECS) is â¬250 per quarter or â¬1,000 for a full year. While the cost of doubling the rate of the ECS would depend on a number of factors, including the effective date, future claim loads and the processing of backdated claims, it is considered reasonable to assume that a doubling of the rate of the ECS would also double its full year cost to...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Mar 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 came into effect from 1 January 2006, with an allocation of â¬575 million for the 5 year period of 2006 to 2010. The NCIP is a key...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Mar 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 introduction of the NCIP in January 2006, prior to the closure of the EOCP, has facilitated applicants unable to meet the end of EOCP...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Mar 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The implementation of the High/Scope and Incredible Years Programmes is not part of the remit of my Department and consequently is not funded on an annual basis by the Office of the Minister for Children (OMC). However, High/Scope Ireland is represented on the National Childcare Co-ordinating Committee (NCCC) which, inter alia, is tasked with the development of a co-ordinated national...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Mar 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 — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (6 Mar 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 — Youth Services: Youth Services (6 Mar 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The amount to be made available in the vote of my Office in 2007 to support the implementation of the National Recreation Policy for Young People is yet to be finalised. Individual Government Departments, as key funding and delivery bodies at national and local level, will continue to retain responsibility for the implementation of actions and measures that fall within the remit of their...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Mar 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 an essential part of the broader National Childcare Strategy 2006-2010, also under my remit, which aims to further develop the...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Mar 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 an essential part of the broader National Childcare Strategy 2006-2010, also under my remit, which aims to further develop the...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Mar 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. As I outlined in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 28 February 2007, officials in the Childcare Directorate of my Office will be...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Mar 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 my Office. As I stated in my reply to the previous Parliamentary Question tabled by the Deputy regarding this application, as part of the process of closing the EOCP, the final date...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Mar 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The funding of these projects is not a matter for my Department. I understand that existing State funding is provided through the Department of Education and Science. Accordingly, I have referred the matter to my colleague the Minister for Education and Science for her consideration.
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (20 Mar 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 (20 Mar 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 is now closed for new applications, and all applications for capital funding should be made under the NCIP. A new programme of...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Mar 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 has recently been approved â¬100,000 in capital grant assistance under the NCIP. I understand the Childcare...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Mar 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 recent application from the Group in question for staffing grant assistance under the EOCP was not recommended for approval by the...
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (20 Mar 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy's question relates to the delivery of health services, which is 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 issue a direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (20 Mar 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 (20 Mar 2007)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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. Where certain circumstances apply, including where an application is linked to a previous EOCP capital grant, applications for staffing grant assistance are continuing to...
- Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (20 Mar 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...