Results 17,381-17,400 of 20,459 for speaker:Frances Fitzgerald
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I forwarded the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 15 December 2011 to the Deputy on 28 February 2012.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have once again asked the HSE to provide me with the information requested by the Deputy as a matter of urgency and I will forward same on receipt.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have further requested the Health Service Executive to update the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have further requested the Health Service Executive to update the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have further requested the Health Service Executive to update the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have further requested the Health Service Executive to update the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have further requested the Health Service Executive to update the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to the responses provided recently on 14 February 2012 to Parliamentary Questions 8059/12 and 8061/12. The position remains unchanged.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the National Educational Welfare Board, the Family Support Agency, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children is as follows: National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) â¬4.953m was spent on basic salary costs during 2011 covering 102 people. During 2011, a total of â¬52,162 was spent on acting-up...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I would like to inform the Deputy that the position in respect of my Department is that four agencies are funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote. These are the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI), the Family Support Agency (FSA), the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) and the Ombudsman for Children. With effect from 1 January 2012, I have taken responsibility for the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Agencies and Bodies under the aegis of my Department are the: Adoption Authority of Ireland Office of the Ombudsman for Children Family Support Agency National Educational Welfare Board Children Detention Schools
- Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The question is not applicable to my Department as it was only established on 2 June 2011
- Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: Adoptions from Ethiopia, effected under the transitional arrangements provided for in the Adoption Act 2010, are ongoing and are currently being examined, and recognised, by the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI). These transitional arrangements may lead to adoptions from Ethiopia taking place up to the end of October 2013. Adoptions from Ethiopia which are not covered by the transitional...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter of concern and my Department has previously raised the matter with the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI). I can assure the Deputy that the issue is receiving priority attention and I expect to receive the report, which I understand is at a very advanced stage of preparation, very shortly. The delay in preparing the final Annual Report of the...
- Vatican Report on Child Abuse (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I noted the publication yesterday of the Summary of the Findings of the Apostolic Visitation in Ireland. Like the Deputy, I have had some time to consider the report and its implications as they relate to child protection. There are several important points for us, as a Government and as legislators, to note in respect of the ongoing protection of children in this State. I am extremely...
- Vatican Report on Child Abuse (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Children First legislation was first promised by the Deputy's own party in 1998 but was not delivered.
- Vatican Report on Child Abuse (21 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The referendum was first promised seven years ago and was not delivered. The commitment of the Government is to have a stand-alone children's referendum. There has been a Government decision to that effect and it is intended to hold such a referendum this year. As for the precise timing, the Government clearly has a decision to take in respect of a number of referendums. It is in this...
- Written Answers — Missing Children: Missing Children (15 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 126 together. My Department established and is leading a cross-sectoral Project Team, including representatives of my own Department, the Department of Justice and Equality, ComReg and An Garda SÃochána to advance this matter. The project team has had three meetings since the 11th January 2012. Comreg, who have responsibility for allocation of this...
- Written Answers — Advertising Standards: Advertising Standards (15 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: In August 2011, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) issued a consultation document on a Children's Commercial Communications Code and launched a related public consultation process on how food and drink should be commercially promoted to children in broadcast media. I have been kept advised of progress on this consultation process. The BAI has this week advised my Department that it...
- Written Answers — Adoption Acts: Adoption Acts (15 Mar 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Adoption Act, 2010, was commenced on 1 November 2010.Prior to the commencement of this Act, adoption in Ireland was governed by the Adoption Acts 1952, 1964, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991 and 1998. These Acts were repealed by the Adoption Act, 2010. Part 15, Chapter 2 of the Adoption Act, 2010, sets out the offences, penalties and proceedings for offences. Having received a report it would be a...