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Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) 2006 -2010 under which the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) is implemented. The CCSS the NCIP continues to provide support funding to community based not for profit child care providers to enable them to charge reduced child care fees to disadvantaged parents. Under the...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (18 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: There are no plans to publish specific national guidelines on identifying and responding to the needs of child victims of sexual exploitation. This issue is addressed throughout Children First — the National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children which was published in September 1999, and recently reviewed. These guidelines are national over-arching guidelines that apply to...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 -2010 (NCIP). One of the main elements of the NCIP is the delivery of capital grant assistance to both community based/not for profit and commercial child care providers to build, renovate or equip child care services. The maximum capital grant available under the NCIP for the building or...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (18 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: The Adoption Bill, 2009, which will give force of law to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, was published on Friday 23rd January. Under the new legislation, prospective adoptive parents will be able to adopt from countries which have also ratified the Hague Convention, and countries with which Ireland has a bilateral...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (18 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: The provision of appropriate robust and responsive child welfare and protection services is a key priority for both myself, as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, and the Government. I understand from the Health Service Executive that the consistent application of the Children First Guidelines is being addressed by the HSE through the ongoing standardisation of Child Welfare and...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (18 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As you may be aware, further to the Taoiseach's announcement in May 2008, arrangements to transfer responsibility for the Young People's Facilities & Services Fund (YPFSF) to the Office of the Minister for Children & Youth Affairs have recently been completed. Since it was established in 1998, the Government has allocated over €150m under the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: The Adoption Bill 2009, which will give force of law to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, was published on Friday 23rd January. Under the new legislation, prospective adoptive parents will be able to adopt from countries which have also ratified the Hague Convention, and countries with which Ireland has a bilateral...

Written Answers — Hostel Inspections: Hostel Inspections (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: Hostels for unaccompanied migrant children are inspected by the Registration and Inspection Service of the Health Service Executive. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Services Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested that the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — National Children's Strategy: National Children's Strategy (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: The National Children's Strategy, 2000 states that "Unaccompanied children seeking refugee status will be treated in accordance with best international practice, including the provision of a designated social worker and Guardian-Ad-Litem." In line with international best practice, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment No. 6 on the Treatment of Unaccompanied...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Departmental Expenditure.

Written Answers — Medical Consent: Medical Consent (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: The issue of medical consent required for the treatment of children is not governed by any specific piece of legislation. What is required in a given situation falls to be determined on the basis of the facts of an individual case. In medical emergencies, for example, urgent treatment may be provided to a child in the absence of express consents where it is necessary to save the life of the...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: I thank all the speakers for their contributions this afternoon, which were very well informed and demonstrate everybody's great interest in the protection of children. This Bill, when enacted, will provide much greater protection for children in the context of domestic and inter-country adoptions. It will provide a very clear framework for practitioners and parents so our position in this...

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: Adoption was first introduced into Ireland through the enactment of the Adoption Act 1952. Prior to that, there was no statutory adoption process in this State although there were very many children who were brought up in families other than their birth families. In the years between the enactment of the Adoption Act in 1952 and up until 1990, the vast majority of children adopted in...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy is aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP), under which the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) is being implemented. In this regard, I assume the Deputy is referring to the CCSS funding received by each community child care facility in Roscommon and Leitrim during 2008, and the CCSS allocation to each facility for 2009. The...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (11 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: I wish to share time with Deputy Lowry.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Barry Andrews: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter, which is one of the issues to arise in the context of the challenges posed by the national restructuring of the HSE. Many Deputies have highlighted the danger of politicising certain issues, such as health and crime. It is a common theme. I am a great defender of politics as a profession. The influence of politics in the health...