Results 18,061-18,080 of 18,372 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The Group in question has recently been approved €48,215 additional capital grant assistance under the EOCP. I understand the Childcare...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The following are the total figures for capital and staffing grant assistance approved to date for the Groups referred to, listed in the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: The main supports the Government makes available to parents to assist them with their childcare costs are Child Benefit and the Early Childcare Supplement. The latter payment, which is in recognition of the higher childcare costs of pre-school children, is the responsibility of my Office, and it alone amounts to expenditure of over €400m in a full year. These payments are universal and...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Office has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Office has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. In view of the reply which has...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The EOCP has both an equal opportunities and a social inclusion perspective and aims to increase the supply of centre based childcare places...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I understand from the Parliamentary Affairs Division in the Health Service Executive that a reply to the Deputy's question of 31 January 2007 was issued on 8 February 2007. Under the Health Act 2004, the provision of health and personal social services is the responsibility of the HSE and, as the Deputy's current question contains more specific requests, I have forwarded the question to them...

Written Answers — Public Inquiry: Public Inquiry (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I refer the Deputy to the answer Mary Hanafin T.D. the then Minister for Children, gave to PQ4258/02. I have no plans to establish a statutory enquiry in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: Under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP), which is co-funded under the EU Social Fund (ESF), targeted support was provided through the staffing support grant scheme whereby community based not-for-profit childcare providers with a strong focus on disadvantage were awarded grant aid towards their staffing costs to allow them to operate reduced fees to disadvantaged...

Seanad: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I thank Senator Joe O'Reilly for raising this important issue. I congratulate the Senator on his recent election to the Seanad and wish him many terms of success in the Upper House, particularly as I am very happy in the other House. I am dealing with this issue on behalf of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Seamus Brennan, who is unavoidably absent. The funding available to...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: I thank Senator Bacik for raising this important issue and congratulate her on her election to the Seanad. I wish her every success in the Upper House. For many years Colombia has been torn by violent civil strife. Those involved, in addition to the Columbian Government, include two left-wing groups, FARC and ELN, and the right-wing AUC. The involvement of these groups in the cocaine...

Seanad: Food Supplements (26 Sep 2007)

Brendan Smith: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to the office. Everybody in the Oireachtas will be proud of the work of Senator Pat Moylan as Cathaoirleach of the Upper House. I thank Senator de Búrca for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I take the opportunity also to congratulate her on her nomination by the Taoiseach to Seanad Éireann. I...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP), and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. In March 2005 the Group in question was approved €1,284,153 capital grant assistance under the EOCP. The final date for reaching contract...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (5 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act, 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (5 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. The...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Strategy 2006-2010 which is comprised of a number of measures including the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), the National Childcare Training Strategy and the Early Childcare Supplement. The NCIP is a key component of the National Childcare Strategy and has been allocated €575 million over...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Office has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000 — 2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 — 2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The Group in question was approved €1.5 million in capital grant assistance under the EOCP in June 2005 as a contribution towards...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The Group in question has been approved €18,623 in capital grant assistance under the EOCP to date. They have also been approved a total...