Results 81-89 of 89 for 5 million speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Nov 2007)
Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 152 together. 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. With regard to the application for capital grant assistance under the National...
- Written Answers — Child Care Service: Child Care Service (9 Oct 2007)
Brendan Smith: ...implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The EOCP has both an equal opportunities and a social inclusion focus and aimed to increase the supply of centre based childcare places by 55 per cent (or 31,300 additional places) over the course of the Programme. This target has already been exceeded, with some 35,500 additional places already created under the Programme. The NCIP...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Oct 2007)
Brendan Smith: ...to a decision being made by the Secretary General of the Department of Health and Children. As the Deputy will be aware the NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, with an allocation of â¬357 million for capital projects during the 5 year period of 2006-2010. This funding is allocated for each year subject to the rules governing capital expenditure and the multi-annual investment...
- Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme (4 Oct 2007)
Brendan Smith: ..., Deputy Harney, who is unavoidably absent. To address unacceptable delays in processing smear tests, from January this year, the Health Service Executive outsourced the processing of more than 35,000 smear tests to a fully accredited United States laboratory. Quest Diagnostics Corporation in the US is College of Pathologists and clinical laboratory improvement amendment approved. This...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (4 Jul 2007)
Brendan Smith: ...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 â¬575 million over 5 years, with a target to create 50,000 additional childcare places. The Programme which is Exchequer funded aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Jul 2007)
Brendan Smith: ...Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, with an allocation of â¬575 million for the 5 year period of 2006-2010. This Programme aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which are grounded in an...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Jun 2007)
Brendan Smith: ...the programmes applicants can apply for capital grants for the building or expansion of childcare facilities. The maximum funding available under the NCIP for community based services is â¬1.2 million and for private providers there is a maximum of â¬100,000 per facility and a maximum of â¬500,000 for multiple services in different catchment areas subject to programme criteria....
- Farm Household Incomes. (17 May 2006)
Brendan Smith: I thank Deputy Crawford for raising this issue and welcome the opportunity to outline the facts. By any measure, 2005 was an exceptional year for the farming sector with the introduction of the single payment scheme. Aggregate farm income reached a record level of â¬2,765 million. This was a 24% increase on 2004, reflecting a once-off overlap in direct payments, as farmers received over â¬1...
- Seanad: Company Closures. (29 Sep 2005)
Brendan Smith: ...available to him to address this issue and to highlight the concerns of the local community. It is clear from the Senator's contribution that he knows this subject exceptionally well. On 5 September 2005 the board of Glanbia plc announced that its Kilmeaden cheese plant would close with the loss of 45 jobs, of which 41 were seasonal jobs. I understand that most of the workers generally...