Results 14,701-14,720 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy will be aware that there have been significant improvements in the provision of supports for the development of quality child care over the last number of years. These improvements are mainly as a result of the EU co-funded Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the equal opportunities and social inclusion perspective which have characterised its delivery....
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Child Care Act 1991 focuses on the child and the promotion of the child's welfare. It also places a specific duty on the Health Service Executive to identify children who are not receiving adequate care and protection and to promote their welfare by providing child care and family support services. This Act underpins the basic tenet that the welfare of the child is of paramount...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Sep 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 â 2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the newly established Office of the Minister for Children. In June 2005, the Group in question was approved â¬202,000 in capital grant assistance under the EOCP. I...
- Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Lifestart is a home based programme offered to parents of children from birth to five years with the aim of providing families with developmental and educational information delivered in the home by trained Family Visitors. I understand that Lifestart Donegal is a partnership of three projects delivering the Lifestart Programme and complementary initiatives to parents in various areas...
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Two Special Rapporteurs for Child Protection were appointed by the Government in June 2006. The functions of the Rapporteurs are as follows: to keep under review and to audit legal developments for the protection of children; to assess what impact, if any, litigation in national and international courts will have on child protection; to prepare, annually, a report setting out the previous...
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy is referring to the Report of the Ombudsman for Children to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which was submitted in April 2006. Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child without reservation in September 1992. As part of the process of evaluating a county's progress in implementing the Convention, the Committee considers periodic State...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 733 and 755 together. The review of the Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 1996 and (Amendment) Regulations 1997 has been completed. I expect to be in a position to sign the revised Regulations in the near future. I understand that work is in progress in the Health Service Executive to address training issues for pre-school inspection staff in...
- Written Answers — Recreation Policy: Recreation Policy (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The allocation of resources to support the implementation of the national recreation policy for young people will be considered within the context of the budgetary process and the finalisation of the estimates provisions for Government Departments in 2007.
- Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The elements of the Children Act 2001 coming under the remit of the Minister for Health and Children are Parts 2, 3 and 11 and Section 77. The other elements of the Act come under the remit of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Minister for Education and Science. Part 2 establishes for the first time on a statutory basis the Family Welfare Conference. Part 3 amends...
- Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children set out in the schedule to Statutory Instrument No. S.I. 474 of 2003 have been delegated to me under that Instrument. On the 4th November 2003, Statutory Instrument No. 527 of 2003 was co-signed by myself as Minister for State at the Department of Health and Children and Mr Noel Dempsey,...
- Nursing Homes: Motion. (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Ãireann" and substitute the following: "welcomes the largest ever expansion made by the Government in funding of services for older people by the provision of â¬110 million additional revenue funding in the Budget announcement for 2006 (â¬150 million full year cost); supports the Government's commitment to introducing legislation in...
- Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will be taking the Adjournment on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank the Senator for raising this issue on the Adjournment of the House. It is not the first occasion he has raised the issue and I appreciate his concern about the hospital, a concern which I share. The Health Service Executive established a steering group and a north-east project group to...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (6 Jul 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Adoptions in Ireland commenced on 1 January 1953 with the enactment of the Adoption Act 1952. This Act has been amended six times since 1952-in 1964, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991 and 1998. Over this period adoption in Ireland has undergone major change. In 1996, Ireland signed the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption. Ratification of the...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Jul 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware I now have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 and the follow on programme the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010, which are being implemented by the newly established Office of the Minister for Children. The number of new places created under the Programme is not yet available for the period requested by the...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Jul 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Office of the Minister for Children was established in accordance with the Government decision of 7th December, 2005 to place the interests of children at the heart of Government and to build on the successes already achieved in the context of the National Children's Strategy. The Office is an integral part of the Department of Health and Children. The responsibilities of the new office...
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (6 Jul 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: My Office is currently developing a recreation policy for young people aged 12-18 in conjunction with a number of Government Departments and agencies directly involved in the provision of recreation facilities and programmes for young people. The policy will be available this year. It is intended that the issue of youth cafes will be dealt with in the policy. The Deputy's question relates to...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Jul 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 newly established Office of the Minister for Children. The four projects referred to by the Deputy have been approved a total of ⬠4.5 million in capital grant assistance....
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Jul 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 newly established Office of the Minister for Children. With regard to the application for capital grant assistance under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 referred...
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 Jul 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 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. The process...
- Written Answers — Unaccompanied Minors: Unaccompanied Minors (6 Jul 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Information in relation to separated children seeking asylum was not routinely collected by my Department prior to 2001. The information held in this Department on Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum collected as part of the Interim Dataset is set out in the table below. Year No. of UAMS Coming to Attention of HSE No. Reunited with Family No. Placed in Care of HSE No. Found not to be...