Results 61-80 of 7,128 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for child welfare issues. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the Health Service...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (10 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applications for inter-country adoption are processed by the Health Service Executive, HSE, under the Adoption Acts 1952-1998, as amended by the Health Act 2004. The length of time it takes to complete the necessary assessment and the allocation of resources within the HSE is a matter for the management of the HSE. However, I have asked the Adoption Board to identify practical measures to...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for services for the welfare and protection of children. Under the Child Care Act 1991 as amended by the Health Act...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In January this year, I announced that legislation to ratify The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption was being drafted as a matter of priority and I hope it will be published at the end of the year. The Hague Convention is the international instrument that regulates adoptions of children between jurisdictions and sets out the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the matters raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (19 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: A person ordinarily resident in Ireland, regardless of nationality, may apply to the Adoption Board for an order for the adoption of a child who resides in the State. An order shall not be granted unless the child is more than six weeks old and, in the case of a child aged over seven, the board is satisfied that adoption is in the best interests of the child; the relevant consents to the...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (24 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have no plans to make a grant available to persons who adopt children from abroad.

Written Answers — Children's Projects: Children's Projects (24 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for child welfare issues. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the Health Service...

Written Answers — Pre-School Services: Pre-School Services (24 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The report on the review of the Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 1996 and the Child Care (Pre-School Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 has been completed subject to clarification of a small number of legal and technical issues which are still being progressed. Training issues for pre-school inspection staff which may arise as a result of the requirements of the revised...

Written Answers — Adoption Register: Adoption Register (25 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Adoption Board, which organised the launch of the national contact preference register, had an agreement with An Post that the latter would deliver a leaflet to every household to coincide with the media advertising campaign. The board is aware of problems of non-delivery or late delivery of the leaflets in certain areas. At the request of An Post, the board relays details of the areas...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (31 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The letter referred to by the Deputy in relation to a particular adoption case was received by me at the Department of Health and Children. The Attorney General has been engaged in correspondence with the legal representative of this child's adoptive parents in seeking to find a solution to this case. High Court proceedings have been issued by the Attorney General in his role as protector of...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (31 May 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 1996 and Amendment Regulations 1997, which give effect to the provisions of Part VII of the Child Care Act 1991, provide for notification to and inspection by the Health Service Executive of pre-school services. The regulations apply to pre-schools, play groups, day nurseries, crèches, child minders looking after more than three children and...

Written Answers — Inter-country Adoptions: Inter-country Adoptions (2 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Attorney General has been engaged in correspondence with the legal representative of this child's adoptive parents in seeking to find a solution to this case. High Court proceedings have been issued by the Attorney General in his role as protector of the unprotected against the adoptive parents of this child. As the matter is before the court, it is not appropriate to comment further on it.

Written Answers — National Children's Strategy: National Children's Strategy (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Annual progress reports on the national children's strategy, NCS, are compiled by the national children's office, NCO on the basis of detailed returns submitted by Departments against each of the actions in the strategy. These reports show the progress that has been made against each action. A copy of the 2002 and 2003 reports are available on the NCO website at www.nco.ie. The 2004 report...

Written Answers — Health Funding: Health Funding (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Foster care and relative care arrangements under the Child Care Act 1991 are subject to regular reviews. The views of the child, the parents and the foster carers are taken into account and the review considers a number of issues regarding the child's placement, including whether it would be in the best interests of the child to be returned to the care of his or her parents. Where it is...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: My Department has been in contact with the HSE regarding this matter and I understand a reply will be issued to the Deputy this week.

Written Answers — Rights of the Child: Rights of the Child (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This is a most complex and highly sensitive case. The Government is actively engaged in seeking to find a solution. At all times the best interests of the child have been, and will remain the primary consideration. High Court proceedings against the adoptive parents of this child have been instigated by the Attorney General in his role as protector of the unprotected. As the matter is before...

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (15 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Respect for children as a global ideal has been affirmed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified, without reservation, by Dáil Éireann on 21 September 1992, the document of ratification being deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations. The convention entered into force for Ireland on 21 October 1992....

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 Jun 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I assume the Deputy is referring to the report of the research commissioned by the Special Residential Services Board on the impact of placement in special care unit settings on the well-being of young people and their families. The research was conducted between 2001 and 2003 in two special care units, Ballydowd in Dublin and Gleann Alainn in Cork. The operation of these units is the...