Results 17,001-17,020 of 20,459 for speaker:Frances Fitzgerald
- Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Review of Adequacy of Services Reports for 2009 and 2010 were laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and published on the HSE's website, earlier this month. I am advised by the HSE that it is expects to submit the report for 2011 to me by the fourth quarter of this year.
- Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive for the information in question which I will forward to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has sought the information requested by the Deputy from the HSE and I will provide the Deputy with the information when it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has sought the information requested by the Deputy from the HSE and I will provide the Deputy with the information when it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has sought the information requested by the Deputy from the HSE and I will provide the Deputy with the information when it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: My Department was established on 2nd June 2011. The details requested by the Deputy are provided in the following table: Year Number of retirements Lump Sum 2011 1 â¬95,504 2012 6 â¬405,646 Total Cost 7 â¬501,150 In addition, three members of staff who were seconded from my Department to the Adoption Authority of Ireland retired in 2012 at a total lump sum cost of â¬213,874.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Government reform agenda represents an essential response to the litany of child protection failures outlined by the report of the Independent Child Death Review Group. The report represents clear evidence of why a reformed system of State care and intervention is needed. In this context the Programme for Government had already demonstrated the high priority it attaches to children and...
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The HSE has forwarded the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 22 February 2012 directly to the Deputy on 25th June 2012.
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (26 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I can confirm to the Deputy that there have been no redundancies from my Department or agencies under the aegis of my Department in the period in question. All staff reductions have been by way of retirement or resignation. As noted in the Second Progress Report of the Implementation Body under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014, the Agreement continues to provide valuable stability in...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: Under the Child Care Act, 1991, the Health Service Executive has a duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care or protection. The policy of the HSE is to place children in care settings, preferably in foster care, as close as possible to their home and community. There were 6,236 children in the care of the state in April 2012, the vast majority of whom were in...
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (21 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: Since the introduction of the Child Care (Pre-School Services) (No 2) Regulations 2006, early years settings that are registered with the HSE have to comply with the Regulations concerning their practice. These Regulations cover the core obligations of the adult practitioner which are set out in Part II, Section 5 and state that "A person carrying on a pre-school service shall ensure that...
- Written Answers — National Children's Strategy: National Children's Strategy (20 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The purpose of the forthcoming National Children and Young People's Policy Framework is to provide an overarching framework under which policy and services for children and young people will be developed and implemented in the State. The Children and Young People's Policy Framework will build on Our Children - Their Lives , Ireland's first children's strategy which was published in 2000, and...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I recently announced that my Department has begun work on Ireland's first Early Years Strategy. I have received Government approval for the approach I am taking in developing to this Strategy as an innovative and dynamic blueprint for the future development of Ireland's Early Years sector aimed at providing a coherent approach to seeking to improve the lives of children from birth to age six....
- Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (20 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Adoption Authority of Ireland posted an update on its website on 15 June 2012 advising that the following procedure should be followed for adoptions from the United States. The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) sends an Article 15 Assessment Report on the prospective adoptive parents to a Hague Convention approved Accredited Body nominated in advance by the prospective adoptive...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is the answer.
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (19 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 553 and 554 together. As the Deputy is aware, my Department is currently developing an overarching Children and Young People's Policy Framework for 2012 â 2017. This new Policy Framework will, in the first instance, provide the basis for more detailed strategies including an Early Years Strategy and a new Youth Policy Framework. It is envisaged that the...
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (19 Jun 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 and 562 together. Belarus has ratified the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. However, adoptions between Ireland and Belarus cannot take place due to compatibility issues between the laws of Ireland and Belarus. This arises because the Belarussian requirement for legislative underpinning...