Results 161-180 of 330 for children speaker:Michael McNamara

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (5 Feb 2014)

Michael McNamara: ...and Equality if he will provide an update on the youth diversion projects and progress made on reducing anti-social behaviour and criminal behaviour in young people, links with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, and any new initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5248/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (30 Jan 2014)

Michael McNamara: 159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 will be commenced; if its operation will apply to existing employees dealing with children; the procedures that will be in place for vetting existing employees and those returning from long leave-of-absence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4722/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Development Projects (12 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding East Clare Community Co-Op Society Ltd has received from the Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53434/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Michael McNamara: ..., in the case of D vIreland, another European Court of Human Rights case, decided in June 2006, the Government of Ireland presented a very different story to the Court. In that case D, the mother of two children, became pregnant with twins. She was informed by her obstetrician that one foetus had stopped developing at eight weeks gestation. In the 17th week of pregnancy it was confirmed...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Reviews (22 May 2013)

Michael McNamara: ...is clear, however, from what I am hearing from my constituents in County Clare that this is simply not happening, unfortunately. I have heard numerous stories of medical cards being withdrawn from children with disabilities who are among the most vulnerable in our society. The parents of these children did not find out about the withdrawal of the medical cards until they went to...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: ...Manchester police force in connection with two stolen bicycles when he was 11. At the age of 21, he applied to do a university course in sport which would ultimately have led him to work with children. Therefore, the warning that he received in connection with two stolen bicycles was not spent because he would be dealing with children. A similar provision is contained in our Bill....

Autism Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: ...ionaid uathachais - ASD units - in Áth Leathan in iarthar an Chláir, i gCill Rois agus in Eidhneach i dtuaisceart an Chláir. In fairness to the previous government, they also had an ASD unit built in Broadford to serve the pupils of east Clare. What was clearly lacking for children with autism, however, was a unit in west Clare. There were units in Inagh and Kilrush,...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

Michael McNamara: ...legislation to bring clarity in that area. That, however, is not the end of successive Governments' failures to legislate in this complex area. Some Deputies have said marriage is primarily about children, its main purpose being to propagate. While I disagree with that, an increasing number of couples find it difficult to propagate. They find it difficult to conceive a child and, as a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Expenditure (3 Oct 2012)

Michael McNamara: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the annual Health Services Executive legal costs will be reduced and the savings reallocated to front line services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42232/12]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 Apr 2012)

Michael McNamara: Question 1158: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 603 and 604 of the 14 of February 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [17628/12]

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2012)

Michael McNamara: ...believe they can and would like to become barristers or lawyers, and who believe they have the right to do so. I fear the Bill, in introducing multidisciplinary teams, will actually privilege the children of privilege. What determines how one gets into one of these great multidisciplinary teams? I believe it is the same factors that determine who gets into chambers in the United...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2012)

Michael McNamara: Question 603: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs that will be incurred for the refurbishment of Coovagh House special care unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick city, when it will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7960/12]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (14 Feb 2012)

Michael McNamara: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are being sent outside the State for special care; the cost to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7961/12]

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Michael McNamara: ...and Dooglaun were closed and amalgamated in Flagmount national school. A similar merger occurred when schools in Killaloe, Tulla, Clonlara and Kilkishen amalgamated. Despite these mergers, our children continued to receive an education. What the Government is proposing is much more modest than the closure of such a large number of schools. It is simply increasing the number of pupils...

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Michael McNamara: .... I reiterate what Deputy Lyons said yesterday. This party, as it prepares for its centenary year, takes very seriously a pledge made by our political predecessors in 1916 to cherish all the children of the nation equally. Our party, unlike the party which proposed the motion, does not differentiate between children of this nation in Northern Ireland in respect of whom it sees fit to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2011)

Michael McNamara: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that has been expended on child benefit in each year from 2000 to date in 2011; the number of children in respect of whom these payments were made, respectively; the measures, such as progressive taxation, taken by her to ensure that these payments aided those most in need over parents of less needy children; and if she will...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2011)

Michael McNamara: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that has been expended on child benefit in each year from 2000 to date in 2011; the number of children in respect of whom these payments were made, respectively; the measures, such as progressive taxation, taken by her to ensure that these payments aided those most in need over parents of less needy children; and if she will...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Michael McNamara: .... These are not the actions of a Government that wishes to hide behind words or semantics, as was pointed out. They are the actions of a Government that is intent on vindicating the rights of children and those who are no longer children but who are still vulnerable as a result of what they experienced as children. The latter, aged between 18 and 21, are the people to whom the Deputy...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jul 2011)

Michael McNamara: ...the records of the 1969 closure of a school (details supplied), in order that it can confirm the agreement given to parents in relation to the new arrangement for school bus transportation of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19967/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Jul 2011)

Michael McNamara: ...supplied) in County Clare available to the board of management, in order that they can confirm the agreement given to parents in relation to the new arrangement for school bus transportation of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18465/11]