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- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The HSE has advised that it would await consideration of the report before giving approval for the project to proceed to tender. The Department will now have discussions with the HSE in light of the report to determine how the development project is to be advanced. The primary concern is to ensure that the solution arrived at is in the best interests of the children of this country.
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: With regard to the separate matter raised by Deputy Costello on the future of the Mountjoy Prison site and the possible use of the site for hospital services, I understand that the Office of Public Works is undertaking a site examination on the land that will become available when the prison facilities are relocated.
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: It will be my constituency in the next general election, please God. I suggest the Deputy advise the relevant partiesââ
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: ââto contact the Office of Public Works in that regard.
- Financial Services Regulation. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will be dealing with the matter.
- Financial Services Regulation. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am responding on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Finance. A number of specific legal provisions are in place under section 69 of the Credit Union Act 1997 to address issues of a conflict of interest that might arise in credit unions. Under section 69(3) of the Act, individual board members of a credit union are obliged to declare any possible conflict of interest to the board of...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As Deputy Durkan pointed out, I make this reply on behalf of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Brennan. The habitual residence condition was introduced on 1 May 2004. There is a requirement on all applicants for certain social assistance schemes, including one parent family payment and child benefit, to satisfy the habitual residence condition to access the payments. The...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Even under parliamentary privilege I cannot interfere with the workings of an independent statutory tribunal.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Does the Deputy wish me to treat this debate as the application for an appeal?
- Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have no problem with the parliamentary record being constituted as the basis for an appeal.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have no objections to the parliamentary record being treated as the basis for an appeal.
- Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (2 Feb 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 the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. However, I also...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Adoption (Hague Convention, Adoption Authority and Miscellaneous) Bill is being drafted in the parliamentary counsel's office. It includes a provision enabling a person who is 18 years of age or more and who has been in long-term foster care to be adopted by their foster carer or carers. The intention is to publish the Bill later in 2006.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Feb 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 Government has...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together. It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to the How Are Our Kids research project undertaken by the childhood development initiative and Dartington social research unit which was published in October 2004. This report was one of eight preliminary research documents which culminated in the publication of A Place for Children, a ten-year...
- Written Answers — Social Services: Social Services (7 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The provision of an out-of-hours service in the context of the development of family support and child care services, including the implementation of the youth homelessness strategy, is identified in action 27 of the health strategy, Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You. While some progress has been made in certain areas of the country on the provision of out-of-hours services, the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Feb 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.
- Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (7 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 she benefits from a comprehensive range of services...
- Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (7 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Education (Welfare) Act 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the board are to ensure each child attends a recognised school or...
- Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (7 Feb 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Education (Welfare) Act 2000 established the National Educational Welfare Board as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the board are to ensure each child attends a recognised school or...