Results 61-80 of 89 for 5 million speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 Apr 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-10, which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for child care services. I understand the Group in question has applied through its local County Childcare Committee for capital funding under the programme. However the committee requires...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 Apr 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for child care services. The NCIP came into effect in January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality child care supports and services, which are...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Apr 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Child-care Investment Programme 2006 â 2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for child-care services. I understand that the Group in question has applied for â¬1.112 million in capital funding through their local County Child-care Committee. The...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 â 2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The NCIP came into effect in January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 â 2010 (NCIP) which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years. I understand from enquiries I have made that the service in question applied for interim NCIP staffing funding of â¬4,800 which was declined last September as their application had not demonstrated sufficient ability to...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP) which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years in developing child care services. The NCIP came into effect in January 2006 and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality child care supports and services, which are grounded in an understanding of local...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for child care services. The NCIP came into effect from in January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality child care supports and services,...
- Sports Capital Programme. (12 Mar 2008)
Brendan Smith: ...of sport are acknowledged by this Government and are reflected in the unprecedented level of Government funding for sport. The level of funding available for spending on sport in 2008 is â¬336 million, compared to just â¬17 million in 1997. The commitment by Government to sport was further emphasised by the publication of the National Development Plan 2007-2013 which included a...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Mar 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Child care Investment Programme 2006 â 2010 (NCIP) which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years in developing child care services. I understand that the application in question for capital grant funding under the NCIP was not successful as it did not meet the value for money benchmark set under the NCIP. A request for a...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (4 Mar 2008)
Brendan Smith: ...are no proposals at present to introduce such a system. As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Child Care Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years. Capital funding under the NCIP is available to support the building and refurbishment of preschools and grant aid is also available to support the operational costs of...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years. I understand from enquiries made that the Group in question applied for transitional funding under the NCIP Community Childcare Subvention Scheme 2008-2010 (CCSS) in December 2007, two months later than the requested date for...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 297 together. As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. Capital applications approved under the NCIP are subject to certain criteria, one of which is that...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years. I understand that, in July 2007, the Group referred to was approved under the NCIP interim staffing support scheme for a start up grant of â¬3,000 in respect of the period September to December 2007. The interim scheme was...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: ...victims of trafficking. Therefore, I will briefly draw attention to section 124 of that Bill which provides for such a period of recovery and reflection. The period provided in the Bill is 45 days. If it is necessary for the alleged victim to assist the Garda in its investigation or prosecution arising in relation to the trafficking, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform can...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The following table below gives the details requested, regarding the number of capital grant applications under the NCIP, broken down by county, which have...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over 5 years. I understand that, in July 2007, the Group referred to was approved under the NCIP interim staffing support scheme for a start up grant of â¬3,000 in respect of the period September to December 2007. The interim scheme was...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Feb 2008)
Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 â 2010 (NCIP), which will invest â¬575 million over five years, with â¬358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. Initially when seeking capital funding under the NCIP applicants approach the City/County Childcare Committees who assist in the development of...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Dec 2007)
Brendan Smith: ...Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) under the Exchequer funded National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), the successor programme to the EOCP. The CCSS has been allocated â¬153 million over the next 3 years, representing a 16% increase in funding over the EOCP staffing scheme, and will continue to support community childcare services to provide reduced childcare fees for...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (4 Dec 2007)
Brendan Smith: ...) is being introduced from January 2008 under the Exchequer funded National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), the successor programme to the EOCP. The CCSS has been allocated â¬153 million over the next 3 years, representing a 16% increase in funding over the EOCP staffing scheme, and will continue to support community child care services to provide reduced child care fees...