Results 15,241-15,260 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr

Seanad: Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (17 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This has been a long debate. I was very interested in Senator Brian Hayes's excellent contribution to which I would make just one correction or addition. It struck me when he was discussing the morality of forgiveness that one of the most shocking aspects of this report is that the concept of reparation does not seem to be part of the concept of repentance and forgiveness. I always understood...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: To date, inquiries into the diocese of Ferns have cost €2,379,264.17. The costs are broken down in the following table. Invoices for legal representation have been received from the diocese of Ferns and from one individual. The Government has not made a decision on the payment of these costs and the advice of the Attorney General has been sought with the intention that a Government decision...

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I welcome this debate and agree with a considerable portion of the Labour Party motion, although there will, no doubt, be a vote on it at the conclusion of Private Members' business. The Government has tabled an amendment extolling the work we have done in this area, which is set out in bullet points. The content of the Labour Party motion chimes in with my aims as Minister of State and is...

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am being very ecumenical, given the genuinely ecumenical nature of this debate. The youth justice unit in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is consulting widely with those in the youth justice sector and has brought forward very effective proposals for the Government. One of the key proposals is the creation of a youth justice service within the Department. Senator Jim...

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is not acceptable and we must implement the section of the legislation relating to the age of responsibility. There are reasons it has not yet been implemented, one of which is that the health boards claimed it would cost a substantial amount to implement. If one legislates that every person under the age of 12 who commits an act amounting to an offence has not committed an offence, one...

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am not the third man.

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That is not correct. They were in care and were not admitted to care in that year.

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Yes. There have been some accurate statistics but also some inaccurate ones. The figure the Senator has quoted is correct for the total number in care at that time.

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I do not blame the Senator because some of the reports are inaccurate.

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I know that.

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is a far cry from the guff we had to hear from Millstreet.

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Senator should read what the Fine Gael spokesperson said about juvenile justice.

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This Department, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of Education and Science, is committed to dealing with child sexual abuse by lay, clerical and care staff in a professional and appropriate manner. The Government's duty is to ensure that proper child protection practices are in place and in operation and to...

Hospitals Building Programme. (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Michael Moynihan for raising this matter. I am making this reply on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children. Under the former Southern Health Board's strategy for older people, Aging with Confidence, which was published in 1999, a need for 18 additional beds for Kanturk hospital was identified. Funding was applied for under the NDP indicative funding for...

Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am replying on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. My colleague, the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, initiated the first doctors' co-operative in the country in County Kerry for general practitioners, which was a marvellous development.

Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: However, the burden of the Deputy's complaint was that Cork was being preferred to Kerry and I am simply pointing out——

Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am simply referring to the Minister's record in that regard.

Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: On taking responsibility, there is clear responsibility now on the health services in the funding for a hospital of this character. It rests with the Health Service Executive,——

Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ——as Deputies are well aware. That is their responsibility. It includes responsibility for the funding and the operation of services at Kerry General Hospital. Professor Drumm, as chief executive, is heading up the Health Service Executive and he is also a medically qualified individual. No doubt he would be interested to entertain representations from the doctors in question. I...

Seanad: Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That may be the wrong noun to use.