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Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There are no records held by the Department concerning a "Morning Star mother and baby unit". There has been a number of references in parliamentary questions and in the media to the above unit concerning the case of one individual and the Residential Institutions Redress Act. The entity concerned is correctly titled as the Regina Coeli hostel in North Brunswick Street, Dublin. Furthermore,...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy is referring to a private arrangement between family members. As these children have not been formally placed in foster care by the Health Service Executive, any concerns regarding the arrangement would be a matter for family law. However, if there are concerns regarding the health, welfare or safety of the children, the Child Care Act 1991 would apply. Under the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jan 2006)

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, the 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 (25 Jan 2006)

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. The Health Service...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The office of the Minister with responsibility for children is being established in accordance with the Government decision of 7 December 2005 to place the interests of children at the heart of Government and to build on the successes already achieved in the context of the national children's strategy. The responsibilities of the new office within the Department of Health and Children will...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (25 Jan 2006)

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. Ireland submitted...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Service Executive deals with initial inquiries on adoption under its child care programmes. It can provide information to prospective applicants, issue application forms and ensure that all the necessary documentation has been collated. When a prospective adopter contacts his or her local HSE office with an initial inquiry, his or her will be sent an information pack which will...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The payment to which the Deputy has referred will be made by the Office of the Minister with responsibility for children, and will be administered by the Department of Social and Family Affairs on an agency basis. Discussions between the Office of the Minister with responsibility for children and that Department on the operational details of the payment are in progress. The payments will be...

Hospital Staff. (26 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am taking this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. As Deputy Deenihan is aware, operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services lies with the HSE, including responsibility for the provision of services at Tralee General Hospital. It would not be appropriate for the...

Variant CJD Incidence. (26 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am also taking this Adjournment debate on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides the Tánaiste an opportunity to outline to this House the position in regard to this issue. Late in 2004 the Tánaiste learned with regret of the occurrence of a case of variant CJD in a young man in...

Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The monitor in the Chamber states the Minister for Transport is responding.

Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Brennan. The one-parent family payment, OPFP, is the income support scheme for separated, unmarried and widowed persons and also for prisoners' spouses who are bringing up a child or children without the support of a partner. At the end of December 2005, the total number of one-parent family recipients being paid...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (26 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Adoption Board currently has bi-lateral adoption agreements with China, Belarus, Romania, Vietnam, Thailand and The Philippines. Belarus and Romania have, however, ceased inter-country adoption. A revised draft protocol between Ireland and Belarus has been examined by the Adoption Board and the Attorney General. Sections of the draft were found to be incompatible with the Irish...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputies for their contributions and for their broad support for this measure. While it contains many technical proposals and measures, it also establishes the property registration authority to manage and control the Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds. The aim of the Bill is to modernise and streamline registration mechanisms and procedures. The Government recognises the...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 349 together. The youth homelessness strategy was published on 31 October 2001. The strategy provides a strategic framework for youth homelessness to be tackled on a national basis. The goal of the strategy is "to reduce and if possible eliminate youth homelessness through preventative strategies and where a child becomes homeless to ensure that he or...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The number of children in care in 2003, which is the most recent year for which data is available, was 4,984. This compares with a total of 2,885 children in 1990. At the outset it is important to recognise that there has been a significant change in the type of care provision provided for these children, with a significant increase in the numbers of children in foster care and a decrease in...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: On foot of a Government meeting on 24 October 2005, the Minister of State with special responsibility for children wrote to the Irish Bishop's Conference both individually and collectively to seek confirmation that the church's framework guidelines of 1996 were being, and that the recommendations of the Ferns Report would be, implemented. The Minister of State asked that the church review and...

Written Answers — Constitutional Review: Constitutional Review (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am studying the recommendation of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution based on the findings of that group. I am conscious that the committee's findings were based on a wide consultation with submissions from the public, including individuals and interest groups. I will be considering the recommendation in the context of Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Taoiseach, accompanied by the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, met Mr. Colm O'Gorman and representatives of the One in Four organisation in Government Buildings on 17 November 2005. During the course of the meeting the Taoiseach highlighted the strong priority he has attached to the issue of adult victims of past abuse during his term of...