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Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Capital funding in the region of €20 million has been earmarked as part of the capital investment programme 2004-08.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: BreastCheck, the relevant hospitals and the Department are fully committed to the expeditious roll-out to the rest of the country. Representatives have met to progress the design process, the next stage in the process. The cervical screening programme was introduced on a phased basis, with phase one commencing in the Mid-Western Health Board area in October 2000. Under this phase,...

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This is taking place to test the organisation and delivery of a cervical screening programme in a given area.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The number of smear tests nationally has increased by almost 20% in recent years and additional cumulative funding of €11 million was provided by the Department since 2002 to assist the laboratories in meeting this demand and improving colposcopy services. The Department is also investing in new technology through extending the use of liquid-based cytology. International evidence is that...

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This core principle must inform the current organisation of services and how we plan future services across the various modalities of cancer care. The National Cancer Forum is developing a new national cancer strategy. The strategy will be published by the end of the year. We are fortunate that those involved in cancer care provide a professional, high standard of care that is very much...

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am glad of the opportunity to place on the record the substantial developments that have taken place in cancer services.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: More needs to be done and nobody takes issue with that. However, a substantial amount has been invested and it is a record any Government can stand over. It is appropriate that this House should commend the Government on its positive and demonstrable commitment to improve health services, especially cancer services.

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The amendments in group one are amendments Nos. 1 to 5, which were made in the Dáil and are now submitted to the Seanad where the Bill was initiated. Amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, are technical in character but amendments Nos. 1 and 2 relate to the commencement provisions. The one point I wish to make on amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, is that the Minister has endeavoured to ensure...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Yes I can, if it is of assistance.

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: My notes do not cover every amendment because some of the amendments are very technical. Where there are amendments of substance I have notes which I can make available to all Senators.

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Again, a large number of these amendments are technical in character. Amendment No. 20 deletes the original subsection and substitutes two new subsections. Subsection (4) clarifies the intention of the section with regard to the powers of the rules of court committee. Subsection (5) is necessary to ensure that the reference to the courts earlier in the section includes the Master of the High...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Senator O'Meara appeared to be a little concerned about publication of the register. It must be realised that this is a targeted register as it relates to personal injuries proceedings. While, as the Senator rightly said, the will of everyone who dies is published in the probate office and the Revenue make certain statements also, this register is being created for the specific purpose of...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I wish to highlight the most significant amendments concerning dormant funds, which are now contained in sections 33 to 38, inclusive, of the Bill as passed by the Dáil. In amendments Nos. 39 and 41 certain new definitions have been added. The new definition of financial institutions allows greater flexibility to the Courts Service when deciding which financial institution should handle its...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The first important set of amendments in this grouping consists of amendments Nos. 47 to 55, inclusive, to the section which relaxes the in camera rule in family law cases. Senators will recall the detailed discussion of this proposal on Committee Stage when the Minister readily accepted that the section in the Bill, as initiated, was not adequate. The Minister brought forward in the Dáil...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Many bodies have been established in recent years that are concerned about the impact of matrimonial, family and domestic litigation on people's lives and fortunes. We have to strike difficult balances in these matters. To answer one of Senator O'Meara's questions directly, not all of the amendments proposed by the organisation to which she referred were accepted. In this legislation we have,...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: We do not know. At least we will now have an evidential basis from which we will be able to find out whether they are being consistent. There is a more fundamental issue in this regard. The Oireachtas decides to commit these decisions to the judges and courts because an element of discretion has to come into the decision made. This is the great difficulty in that we want consistency. We want...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Bill was initiated in Seanad Éireann and was the subject of a number of amendments. Amendments were then made in the other House, some of which were based on discussions that had taken place in this House. It was a matter of casting those discussions into an appropriate formula that would serve as an amendment. The part of the Bill on which most public attention has focused is Part 2,...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It was a concern of the public and I reassure people that the reduction from three years to two is the only change to this legislation. When it comes to law, I can understand that the public can get lost in a fog of technicalities very easily. I thank the Senators.

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As I pointed out to the Senator, the central body of the appeals board will resolve differences. The responsibility to address the co-ordination of education and health services has been addressed. I welcome that the Senator's amendment pointed out a need to co-ordinate the education and health services because the much-loved health boards will no longer exist in a very short period of time....

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: School-based assessments and education plans under section 3 are aimed at children whose needs are less complex or severe. If it is clear that a child has a disability or has complex needs, for example, a dual impairment, it is open to the parents to seek an assessment from the health board or the council. Therefore, there is no question of restricting the right of access of a parent to the...