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Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The establishment of a national framework of qualifications has enhanced the value of all learning qualifications for the purpose of building on these through progression and access to further learning. Many PLC graduates now progress to higher education. As we seek to develop a culture of lifelong learning, these formals links will continue to be built upon by the Department.

Written Answers — Child Welfare: Child Welfare (1 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Child Care Act 1991 as amended sets out the statutory framework within which the Health Service Executive provides family support and child welfare and protection services. Where a member of the public has a concern about a child, he or she should inform the local health office of the Health Service Executive about it. The gardaí and the Health Service Executive work closely in relation...

Written Answers — Child Poverty: Child Poverty (1 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy is aware, RAPID aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within the 45 designated areas. The priorities for each RAPID area are identified locally by each RAPID area implementation team, and are incorporated into a plan for each area. In west Tallaght, RAPID covers three areas, namely Killinarden,...

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (1 Mar 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 that each child attends a recognised school...

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (1 Mar 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 that each child attends a recognised school...

Infectious Diseases. (2 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Tá mé ag tabhairt freagra ar son an Tánaiste agus Aire Sláinte agus Leanaí, an Teachta Harney. Deputy Ó Caoláin has called upon the Minister to act but she would have to embark on consultations with the Health Service Executive to address the issue. The Department has not, as yet, received the report referred to by Deputy Ó Caoláin. The Minister has...

Written Answers — Youth Homelessness: Youth Homelessness (2 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 and 107 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/she...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Mar 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, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated. The HSE advises that it has a system in place to notify the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy may be aware, the national childcare investment programme from 2006 to 2010 is being implemented by the newly established office of the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for children, Deputy Brian Lenihan. This programme builds on the success of the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-06, EOCP, which will conclude in...

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (2 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This issue is a matter for the National Educational Welfare Board, which is established under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 and is the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework for promoting regular school attendance and tackling the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the board are to...

Hospital Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Lynch for raising this matter, which I will take on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. As the Deputy will be aware, operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services falls within the remit of the Health Service Executive. This includes responsibility for the provision and...

Mental Health Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Andrews for raising this matter, which I will take on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste. Our mental health services have undergone significant changes over the past two decades. The move away from institutional care to community care has brought the mental health services generally closer to the service user. The move from hospital-based care to individualised care has...

General Practitioner Co-operatives. (7 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am taking this debate on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, and I thank Deputy Deenihan for raising this matter on the Adjournment. The Government is committed to the development of GP out-of-hours services as outlined in the national health and primary care strategies. Currently, out-of-hours general practitioner co-operatives are operating in at...

Schools Building Projects. (7 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am giving the reply to the matter raised by Deputy Boyle on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin. I welcome the fact that the matter has been raised as it affords the Minister the opportunity to outline to the House the strategy of the Department of Education and Science for capital investment in education projects and to outline the position on the development...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This Government is committed to addressing the needs of children and to placing children's issues at the heart of Government. This commitment is evident in the establishment of the social services inspectorate, the former national children's office and more recently the Office of the Minister for Children. The office of the Minister of State with responsibility for children places the...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (7 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: My Department has made inquiries with the Health Service Executive's parliamentary affairs division on this matter. The executive has advised that its national care group manager has written to the Deputy indicating that a reply to the matter concerned is being prepared and that it is anticipated that a final response will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The payment to which the Deputy has referred will be made by the office of the Minister of the State responsible 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 of the State responsible for children and that Department on the operational details of the payment are in progress. The payments...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Mar 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 — School Attendance: School Attendance (9 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Department of Education and Science does not have a dedicated section dealing with the non-attendance of children at school. However under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 the National Educational Welfare Board, NEWB, was established as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The NEWB is a statutory agency operating under the aegis of the Department of...

Written Answers — Child Care Payments: Child Care Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Office of the Minister for Children, OMC, has been given responsibility for the early child care supplement which is being introduced with effect from 1 April 2006. The payment, which is non-taxable, will amount to €1,000 per annum and will be made to parents of all eligible children aged less than six years, in quarterly instalments of €250. The supplement will be paid where a child...