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Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (21 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) was established under The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 as the single national body with responsibility for school attendance. The Act provides a comprehensive framework which promotes regular school attendance and tackles the problems of absenteeism and early school leaving. The general functions of the Board are to ensure that every child...

Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There are clearly relevant stakeholders who will be consulted on the whole issue of the determination of the range of services, and the location of the associated urgent care centres. To date, no decision has been taken on the range of services to be provided at the National Children's Hospital at Tallaght in the context of the development of the national paediatric hospital and the...

Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Pat Breen for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I am making this reply on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Harney, the Minister for Health and Children. As the Deputy is aware, the provision of services at Ennis General Hospital is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. With regard to the CT scanner, the Health Service Executive has informed the Department...

Science Strategy. (16 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Fiona O'Malley for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I am taking this adjournment on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Martin, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Science Week Ireland is the celebration and demonstration of science, engineering and technology in Ireland. People of all ages are given the opportunity and encouraged to explore, discover,...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (16 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will appreciate child care is a very diverse and complex sector of the economy encompassing a range of services including sessional services such as playgroups, Naíonraí, Montessori Schools and Steiner Kindergartens; full day care services in nurseries and crèches; childminding and services for children of school going age outside of usual school hours and during school...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which statutorily are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the 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.

Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputies O'Connor and Crowe for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I am making this reply on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The Minister is aware of the specific concerns which have been expressed regarding the future development of services at Tallaght Hospital, which operates within the catchment area of Dublin South-West. These...

Joyriding Offences. (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am deputising for the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who regrets he cannot be here this evening. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Adjournment and I am aware of his longstanding interest in this subject. I assure him the Tánaiste shares his concern and that of the public in general regarding serious car crime and associated anti-social...

Cancer Screening Programme. (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am taking this Adjournment debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The laboratory of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland at Beaumont Hospital has decided not to continue with the testing of cervical smears referred by general practitioners in the southern and north-eastern areas. Approximately 60 practices are affected. This laboratory...

Terrorism Threat. (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am replying on behalf of the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea. I thank Deputy Timmins for raising this matter. In the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001, the Government moved quickly and decisively to respond to the international security position. Government structures were put in place to support emergency planning in Ireland and to improve co-ordination across the various...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I listened to the debate this evening and I thank those Deputies who contributed. The Government is committed to ensuring high quality care is available to all patients and to the further development of the health services, in particular, addressing issues of patient safety. Last night, it was stated that insufficient funding was provided. No Government has provided more funding to these...

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senators for their informative and useful statements. It was very generously acknowledged on all sides of the House that Ireland has come a long way in the past ten years in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that progress was endorsed by the UN committee that examined our record thereon. There is no doubt the establishment of the Office of the...

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I apologise for trespassing on the time of the House.

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senator Feighan for his generous comments on my performance. The Senator dealt with a range of issues, including corporal punishment. I agree with Senator Leyden that we cannot legislate in this area but that we can encourage.

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am looking at the Senator with interest.

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Is the Senator offering a wording for it?

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (14 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 capital grant assistance under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 referred to in the question, I understand the persons in...

Written Answers — Child Welfare: Child Welfare (14 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Significant progress has been made in relation to the implementation of the Children Act 2001. The implementation of the Act involves the Office of the Minister for Children, the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform, the Department of Education and Science and the Health Service Executive along with a number of other agencies. In relation to the youth justice provisions in the Act,...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The 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 the 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 — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Nov 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Government has brought in a number of measures, both on the supply side and the demand side, to deal with the growing demand for childcare, which has been created by the economic and social changes which have taken place over the last decade. These measures are aimed at supporting all parents with the cost of childcare and increasing the supply of quality childcare places. The primary...