Results 17,641-17,660 of 20,459 for speaker:Frances Fitzgerald
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: 1As 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 — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (17 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: 1Taiwan is not a signatory to the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and as such is covered by Section 73 of the Adoption Act, 2010. With effect from 1 November 2010, intercountry adoptions can be effected with other countries which have ratified the Hague Convention or with which Ireland has a bilateral agreement. Ireland currently has no bilateral agreements in respect of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: 1I would like to inform the Deputy that the position in respect of public bodies under the auspices of my Department is that there are four agencies funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote. These are the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Family Support Agency, the National Educational Welfare Board and the Ombudsman for Children. The Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: 1I set out below in tabular form the information requested by the Deputy for my Department and Agencies. Name of Dept/Agency Number retired in 2011 Lump Sum Pension Costs Pension Costs in 2012 Dept of Children & Youth Affairs 1 â¬95,504.47 â¬29,819.93 Family Support Agency 1 â¬8,902.80 â¬1,231.46 National Educational Welfare Board 2 â¬175,371.39 â¬55,851.80
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: 1As indicated to the Deputy in answer to his PQ Reply No: 40397/11, question 282 on 17th December, 2011, the resource allocations made available to my Department under Vote 43, which was established in June of this year, are contained in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2011 as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 21 July 2011. This gross funding allocation...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I established the Task Force on the Child and Family Support Agency in September 2011 under the chairmanship of Ms Maureen Lynott. The Task Force will advise my Department in regard to the necessary transition programme to establish a Child and Family Support Agency, and will base its work on best practice in child welfare, family support and public administration; consistent with the...
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (12 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: Childline is a confidential listening service for children and young people operated by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC). The service is available by telephone, online and mobile texting and is operated by professionally trained ISPCC staff and volunteers. The ISPCC reported that Childline received 1,387 calls and messages on Christmas day and that 85 ISPCC...
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (12 Jan 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 — Children in Care: Children in Care (12 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have asked the Health Service Executive to update the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I have asked the Health Service Executive to update the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (12 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has sought the information from the HSE requested by the Deputy on the number of children who have left care this year. I will provide the Deputy with the information when it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (12 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 to 218, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (11 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The HSE has responsibility for the implementation of the recommendations from the report on the inspection by HIQA that was undertaken last October. I have been informed by the HSE that a range of measures and actions have been taken to address the issues of concern highlighted, to ensure the immediate safety and wellbeing of the young people and to effect improved governance of the centre....
- Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (11 Jan 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 — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (11 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 768 and 776 together. The immediate and ongoing needs of separated children seeking asylum (SCSA) as well as their application for refugee status are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in accordance with the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) and the Child Care Act, 1991. Where children are identified by An Garda SÃochána, at the point of...
- Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (11 Jan 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 — Foster Care: Foster Care (11 Jan 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. Question No. 771 withdrawn.
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 772 and 773 together. The Adoption Authority informs me that currently, there are no intercountry adoptions completed and registered in respect of applicants who received new Declarations of Eligibility and Suitability under Section 40 since 1 November 2010. It should be noted that waiting times between the sending of an application pack and the actual...
- Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (11 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Programme for Government 2011 states that the Referendum on Children's Rights is a priority, and that the wording of the proposed referendum will be along the lines of that proposed by the All Party Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children. Since taking office, both myself and officials of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs have had a number of meetings with...
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 Jan 2012)
Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 775, 778 to 780, inclusive, 782, 801, 802 and 804 together. 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...