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- Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am simply referring to the Minister's record in that regard.
- Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: On taking responsibility, there is clear responsibility now on the health services in the funding for a hospital of this character. It rests with the Health Service Executive,ââ
- Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: ââas Deputies are well aware. That is their responsibility. It includes responsibility for the funding and the operation of services at Kerry General Hospital. Professor Drumm, as chief executive, is heading up the Health Service Executive and he is also a medically qualified individual. No doubt he would be interested to entertain representations from the doctors in question. I...
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (15 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: This Department, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of Education and Science, is committed to dealing with child sexual abuse by lay, clerical and care staff in a professional and appropriate manner. The Government's duty is to ensure that proper child protection practices are in place and in operation and to...
- Seanad: Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (15 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: That may be the wrong noun to use.
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: To date, inquiries into the diocese of Ferns have cost â¬2,379,264.17. The costs are broken down in the following table. Invoices for legal representation have been received from the diocese of Ferns and from one individual. The Government has not made a decision on the payment of these costs and the advice of the Attorney General has been sought with the intention that a Government decision...
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: That is not correct. They were in care and were not admitted to care in that year.
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Yes. There have been some accurate statistics but also some inaccurate ones. The figure the Senator has quoted is correct for the total number in care at that time.
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I do not blame the Senator because some of the reports are inaccurate.
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I know that.
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is a far cry from the guff we had to hear from Millstreet.
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Senator should read what the Fine Gael spokesperson said about juvenile justice.
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I welcome this debate and agree with a considerable portion of the Labour Party motion, although there will, no doubt, be a vote on it at the conclusion of Private Members' business. The Government has tabled an amendment extolling the work we have done in this area, which is set out in bullet points. The content of the Labour Party motion chimes in with my aims as Minister of State and is...
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am being very ecumenical, given the genuinely ecumenical nature of this debate. The youth justice unit in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is consulting widely with those in the youth justice sector and has brought forward very effective proposals for the Government. One of the key proposals is the creation of a youth justice service within the Department. Senator Jim...
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is not acceptable and we must implement the section of the legislation relating to the age of responsibility. There are reasons it has not yet been implemented, one of which is that the health boards claimed it would cost a substantial amount to implement. If one legislates that every person under the age of 12 who commits an act amounting to an offence has not committed an offence, one...
- Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am not the third man.
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Nov 2005)
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 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 — Children in Care: Children in Care (17 Nov 2005)
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 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.
- Seanad: Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (17 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: They have.
- Seanad: Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (17 Nov 2005)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Is the list of persons to which the Senator refers a North-South list?