Results 941-960 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr

Hospital Services. (11 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I recall replying on this subject to the Deputy before.

Hospital Services. (11 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Ceann Comhairle is very indulgent in allowing the Deputy to raise the issue. Agreement was reached in 1996 to amalgamate acute services in south Tipperary requiring the transfer of surgical and accident and emergency services from Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, to South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel. Deputy Healy referred to the historical background. That agreement provided for the...

Hospital Services. (11 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The planning stage of phase two of the Cashel development has been completed. Refurbishment of the main hospital building is required to accommodate the following services: a 20-bed GP assessment rehabilitation unit, a five-bed palliative care unit, a 15-bed convalescent unit, a 25-bed specialist geriatric rehabilitation unit, a day hospital for older people, and the outpatients department....

Hospital Services. (11 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Act 2004 provided for the HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of services at the hospitals to which the Deputy referred. The Department has been advised by the HSE's...

Ambulance Service. (11 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Under the Health Act 2004, as the Deputy is frequently reminded, the HSE has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of ambulance services. The HSE's western area provides emergency and patient transport ambulance services to a population of more than 350,000 people....

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In January this year, I announced that legislation to ratify The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption was being drafted as a matter of priority and I hope it will be published at the end of the year. The Hague Convention is the international instrument that regulates adoptions of children between jurisdictions and sets out the...

Playground Funding. (17 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Keaveney for raising this matter, which is very close to my heart. The funding of playground facilities does not fall between departmental stools, but falls very firmly on the stool of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche. The fact that Deputy Keaveney raised this matter allows me to outline to this House details of what has been done in...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the matters raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senators and Members of the European Parliament for their contributions here today. As Chairman of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution in the last Dáil, I am aware its Members were very anxious to see Seanad Éireann play a close role in monitoring developments in the European Union. One of our recommendations was that the Seanad should engage in more intensive scrutiny of...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (19 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: A person ordinarily resident in Ireland, regardless of nationality, may apply to the Adoption Board for an order for the adoption of a child who resides in the State. An order shall not be granted unless the child is more than six weeks old and, in the case of a child aged over seven, the board is satisfied that adoption is in the best interests of the child; the relevant consents to the...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (24 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have no plans to make a grant available to persons who adopt children from abroad.

Written Answers — Children's Projects: Children's Projects (24 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for child welfare issues. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the Health Service...

Written Answers — Pre-School Services: Pre-School Services (24 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The report on the review of the Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 1996 and the Child Care (Pre-School Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 has been completed subject to clarification of a small number of legal and technical issues which are still being progressed. Training issues for pre-school inspection staff which may arise as a result of the requirements of the revised...

Written Answers — Adoption Register: Adoption Register (25 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Adoption Board, which organised the launch of the national contact preference register, had an agreement with An Post that the latter would deliver a leaflet to every household to coincide with the media advertising campaign. The board is aware of problems of non-delivery or late delivery of the leaflets in certain areas. At the request of An Post, the board relays details of the areas...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (31 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The letter referred to by the Deputy in relation to a particular adoption case was received by me at the Department of Health and Children. The Attorney General has been engaged in correspondence with the legal representative of this child's adoptive parents in seeking to find a solution to this case. High Court proceedings have been issued by the Attorney General in his role as protector of...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (31 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 1996 and Amendment Regulations 1997, which give effect to the provisions of Part VII of the Child Care Act 1991, provide for notification to and inspection by the Health Service Executive of pre-school services. The regulations apply to pre-schools, play groups, day nurseries, crèches, child minders looking after more than three children and...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This is unworthy of the Deputy.

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Where Mayo is concerned, the Deputy is the master of charade.

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The House will divide as it always does at 8.30 p.m., but I do not believe there is any fundamental difference of principle between the different sides of the House on this issue. There is no doubt about the shock that the broadcasting of this report has created. It is terrible that elderly persons are subjected to any abuse. We all have an obligation to ensure the highest standards are...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: If the Opposition wants to examine its conscience in this area, it should resile from the nonsense ——