Results 1,941-1,960 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (2 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I appreciate the point but the Senator must appreciate that in the last year of the current Dáil, the Seanad will have considerably more time to consider this Bill than the Dáil. I understand the Seanad has 90 days to consider it. I am anxious to get on with this and I will give the Seanad ample time to consider the Bill. I do not consider the revising function of this House to be a rubber...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (2 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I hope the Senator is not throwing in the towel on the next general election.
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (2 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: We have plenty time available to deal with this Bill.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy is aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Child care Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Child care Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The EOCP is a seven year development programme which aims to increase the availability and quality of child care to support parents in...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Child care Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Child care Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. I understand from enquiries I have made that the Group in question has submitted a request for a review of the decision on their...
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (7 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 to 291, inclusive, together. I welcome the publication of the 5th Annual Report of the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) which is comprehensive and provides an important overview of the services provided to children in residential care. The emphasis of the Child Care Act, 1991 is on supporting children and families in their own communities having regard...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. As I recently advised the Deputy, the Group in question has been provisionally approved capital funding of â¬1.4 million under the EOCP in...
- Written Answers — Medical Education: Medical Education (7 Nov 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.
- Special Educational Needs. (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will outline to the House the position regarding the provision of occupational therapy services and additional funding provided for services for children and adults with a disability in 2006. I thank Deputy Kehoe for raising this matter on the Adjournment and I am making the reply on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The question of providing therapy services...
- Ambulance Service. (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am taking the Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. Deputy Ferris appreciates that the issue he has raised relates to the exclusion of VHI patients from free travel for medical purposes. He has put on the record of the House certain matters as he is entitled to do, but the Minister is not in notice of those in respect of this...
- School Accommodation. (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I make this reply on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it affords the Minister the opportunity to outline the open and transparent process in place for the recognition of new primary schools and the position concerning the proposed Educate Together school in Doughiska. The new schools advisory committee, NSAC, an...
- Schools Building Projects. (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have the honour of replying to Deputy Naughten on this matter, but I do so on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin. Were I to follow Deputy Naughten's advice, my foothold in the Department might become only a toehold. The Minister wishes to outline to the House the current position regarding the allocation of funding under the permanent accommodation scheme....
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme (EOCP) 2000-2006 is funded as part of the two Regional Operational Programmes under the National Development Plan, and is split between two measures: the Childcare Facilities measure (which receives co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund) and the Childcare Measure (which receives co-funding from the European Social Fund and is...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000 â 2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The NCIP is a key element of the National Childcare Strategy 2006-2010 and is effective from 1 January 2006. Unlike the existing EOCP,...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Nov 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. Where a Question relates to a service provided by the HSE on a national basis or requests statistical information in relation to a service covering a period of years, it may require the collation of...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. To date, the Group in question has been awarded a total of â¬8,349 in capital grant assistance under the EOCP and has also been awarded a...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Amendment No. 6 is a Government amendment. I indicated on Committee Stage that I accepted the thinking behind the views expressed by Senators in regard to interrupted placements. The appropriate period to be disregarded in regard to calculating the period under subsection (2)(a) should be no more than 30 days. Hence, Government amendment No. 6 inserts a new subsection which provides that...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: He did not change them substantially.
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senator Browne for tabling the amendment. It is not clear from the list of amendments tabled for Report Stage that the distinction is drawn but I am prepared to discuss the issue on the basis the Senator tabled in the amendment in that form. It seeks to draw a distinction for the purposes of continuity between the child aged under 12 and the child aged over 12. The Senator rightly...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I indicated to the Senator on Committee Stage that this was an issue we should revisit on Report Stage. My officials have assisted me in carrying out considerable research on the issues involved, and there is an explanation. Having regard to what is provided for in the legislation, the Health Service Executive is necessarily a party in this regard. The foster parent or relative to whom the...