Results 14,961-14,980 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr
- Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Senator had an opportunity to speak on this debate. I am well aware of conditions in these units and acknowledged a few moments ago that we must devise appropriate solutions. Examining the charging structure, to which Senator Moylan referred, is an option to which I am open. We should be clear on one aspect â the medical and nursing professions are not prepared to stigmatise patients...
- Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank the Acting Chairman for his indulgence. Such people will require a public bed in the hospital. Again, there was considerable discussion as to whether we have an adequate number of acute beds. However, there are now more than 13,255 beds in public acute hospitals, which constitutes an increase of 1,528 beds since 1997. I am glad to have the opportunity to put that figure on the record...
- Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Fine Gael had its own magic carpet out over the weekend.
- Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: What about our out-of-hours claim?
- Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Senator O'Toole uttered words that characterised the spirit of the debate when he said that political blame cannot be attached to the position obtaining in accident and emergency departments. However, this does not mean that political responsibility should not be taken and exercised. If one point has been made loud and clear by this debate, it is that the conditions prevailing in our accident...
- Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Tánaiste cannot come to the Seanad today and I convey her apologies to Senators. I am pleased on her behalf to set out for the record of the House some facts about the actions under way to improve patients' experience at the accident and emergency departments where there are problems and delays. I reiterate to the House the Government's total commitment to achieve sustained results by...
- Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Senator, please.
- School Staffing. (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will reply on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin. I hope the reply will clarify the matters raised by Deputy Cowley. As the Deputy is aware, the school has not been told it will lose any of the resources it has been in receipt of under the breaking the cycle scheme. The school has simply not been selected for inclusion in a new school support programme, which...
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The constituency also elects four Monaghan Deputies.
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will reply on behalf of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. While the Minister cannot be present, he wishes to thank Deputies on both sides of the House for their constructive insights into and measured responses to this Bill and the wider aspects of sport as they affect us all as individuals, a community and a nation. On my behalf, I greatly welcome the introduction of this Bill...
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee. (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Perhaps the Deputy would ask the organisation to make a case on that issue.
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is not on the edge of the city. A total of 100,000 people now live in that area.
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Abbotstown.
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: I understand the stadium is being built at Lansdowne Road.
- National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: The organisations are very anxious to take part. I have the privilege of representing the area and they are delighted to come out there.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 200-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010, which are being implemented by the newly established Office of Minister for Children. With regard to the application for staffing grant assistance under the EOCP referred to by the Deputy, I understand that the community...
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (3 May 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 — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 May 2006)
Brian Lenihan Jnr: Funding for childcare facilities is provided by the Office of the Minister for Children under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme (EOCP) 2000-2006, which is co-funded by the European Union and the Exchequer, and under the new, Exchequer funded, National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010. Capital grant assistance is available to both community based/not for profit organisations...
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (3 May 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.