Results 14,501-14,520 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 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, which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. With regard to the application for staffing grant assistance under the EOCP and the capital application under the NCIP referred to in the...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I understand that the particular question raised by the Deputy relates to the placement of the child in care under the Child Care Act 1991. While I do not propose to comment on the specific circumstances of the case, I wish to convey once again my deepest sympathy to the family of the child concerned. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The establishment of the Health Service Executive represented a fundamental move from the previously fragmented structure and organisation of the country's health and personal social services to a unitary system under the Executive. This ensured that one body would have responsibility for the management and delivery of services from the local to the national level, including data collection...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 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. The NCIP aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which are grounded in an...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 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. All applications under the EOCP are forwarded to Pobal, which is engaged to carry out detailed assessments on behalf of my Office. Due...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 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. The NCIP aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which are grounded in an...
- Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (28 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.
- Written Answers — School Attendance: School Attendance (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 539 and 541 together. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department's Estimates for 2007 include a provision of â¬9.8 million for the National Educational Welfare Board. This represents an increase of 20% on the 2006 allocation and of 50% on the 2004 level. This substantial increase in funding is a clear indication of this Government's commitment to...
- Written Answers — School Attendance: School Attendance (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: This government is determined to do all that is possible to ensure that every child gets all the opportunities and support they need to enable them to achieve their potential and participate fully in education. A key focus of the Government's education policy is to prioritise investment in favour of those most at risk and to optimise access, participation and educational outcomes at every...
- School Attendance. (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the Estimates for 2007 for the Department of Education and Science include a provision of â¬9.8 million for the National Educational Welfare Board. This represents an increase of 20% on the 2006 allocation and of 50% on the 2004 level. This substantial increase in funding is a clear indication of this Government's commitment to prioritise investment...
- School Attendance. (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Deputy Gogarty is under an illusion which I fear will blind him if he ever has the opportunity of entering Government. The Department of Education and Science and the Minister never accepted the Rochford report nor the reasoning in it. I am concerned because we have heard so much from the Opposition benches about value for money. This is a clear indication of any negotiations in any future...
- School Attendance. (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: When a quango is set up under legislation, the Department has a duty to ensure the taxpayer receives value for money and this is the Government's position and the position which any responsibleââ
- School Attendance. (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: ââMinister will take. The Rochford report was considered in great detail by the Department of Education and Science. The officers of the Department examined the report and advised the then Minister, the predecessor to Deputy Hanafin, on the merits and demerits of that report. A view was taken in the Department about how the Act should be implemented. I think my reply makes it clear...
- School Attendance. (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: To focus on these 90 and the legal responsibilities is to miss the point. That was implicit in my answer to the Deputy. We know what the legal responsibilities areââ
- School Attendance. (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The legal responsibilities include compiling registers and taking prosecutions. The board is also responsible for assisting parents in the preparation of section 29 appeals. The board meets those legal responsibilities. In addition, the board has other responsibilities which are, strictly speaking, not legal ones. These involve helping, advising and guiding parents, and that is important....
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The number of voluntary notifications made by Childminders to the City and County Child care Committees (CCCs) since the introduction of the Child care Services Relief in December 2005 has been monitored by my Office on a regular basis. The latest figures available as of 1 September 2006 are summarised in the following table. The first tax year for which this Relief applies is 2006 and tax...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (23 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. The EOCP is supporting 50 community based projects in County Mayo and the funding allocated is expected, when fully drawn down, to create 963...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I may be exercising a comprehensive right of reply in order to reassure the public that we are at our business. I thank Deputies for the generous welcome that has been extended to this Bill. It is a measure of the understanding Members have for those who undertake fostering and foster care. The debate illustrated a deep understanding of the nature of the difficulties that people who engage...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (23 Nov 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am not sure whether it is in order for a mere Minister of State at the Department to join in the chorus but it is essential the HSE implements its obligations under the legislation and I am confident it will do so. One of the advantages of the legislation is that a great deal of unnecessary work will be obviated for social workers, permitting them to focus on more important work relating to...