Results 121-140 of 7,127 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 to 222, inclusive, together. The Deputy's questions relate 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 these matters investigated...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The membership of the Special Residential Services Board is set out in section 230(3) of the Children Act 2001, and individual members are appointed by the Minister for Health and Children. At present all board members act on a part-time basis in accordance with section 230(6). The board meets bi-monthly and sub-committees of the board meet on alternate months. Each member normally attends at...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Since the establishment of the Special Residential Services Board on a statutory basis in November 2003, I as Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children and at the Department of Education and Science with responsibility for children's matters have met the board or representatives of the board on nine occasions. Neither the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children nor her...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226, 227 and 230 together. As Minister of State at the Departments of Health and Children and Education and Science with delegated responsibility for children I am responsible on behalf of the respective Ministers and the Government for formulating overall policy on child welfare and protection issues including special residential care in the health sector and...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 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 — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 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 — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Nov 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 — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (22 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There is no available evidence for the inclusion of a Morning Star Mother and Baby Home under the definition of a maternity home within the Registration of Maternity Homes Act 1934 and, therefore, no evidence exists of inspection or regulation in that regard. The criteria for inclusion of an entity under the Residential Institution Redress Act 2002 are set out under section 4 of that Act,...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (29 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131, 137 and 141 together. A delegation from the Adoption Board travelled to Belarus in September 2005 and met the Minister for Education, along with his deputy and officials from the National Adoption Centre. At this meeting the Irish delegation was presented with a draft agreement for consideration. The draft agreement has been translated and is with the...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (30 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Heads of Bill on the Adoption (Hague Convention, Adoption Authority and Miscellaneous) Bill, which when enacted will ratify the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 1993, are currently being drafted into a Bill in the Parliamentary Counsel's office. I hope that the Bill will be published in the earlier part of 2006. The Bill...

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (30 Nov 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The 1995 child care regulations provide that "A Health Board shall pay foster parents in respect of any child placed with them in accordance with these Regulation an allowance of not less than such amount as may from time to time be specified by the Minister". Sections 109(2) and 151(2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 1993 provide that the orphan's contributory allowance and the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (30 Nov 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, the Department of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have the matter investigated and for a reply to issue directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (6 Dec 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 to 162, inclusive, together. The most recent statistics available on intercountry adoption are contained in the Adoption Board annual report of 2004. The number of adoptions entered in the register of foreign adoptions and in respect of which applications for an adoption order were made under the Adoption Acts, 1952 and 1988 are as follows: Country...

Written Answers — Ombudsman for Children: Ombudsman for Children (7 Dec 2005)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Office of the Ombudsman for Children was established under the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 and is a statutory independent body with two main functions, to promote the rights and welfare of children and to examine and investigate complaints against schools and voluntary hospitals were an action may have adversely affected a child. Any specific queries concerning the role of the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Dec 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 — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There are no records held by the Department concerning a "Morning Star mother and baby unit". I understand there have been a number of references in parliamentary questions and the media to that unit concerning the case of one individual in relation to the Residential Institutions Redress Act. It is my understanding that the entity concerned is correctly titled as the "Regina Coeli Hostel" in...

Written Answers — Childhood Development Initiative: Childhood Development Initiative (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy is aware, the Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative is a ten year strategy which was launched by the Taoiseach in October of last year. At that time, the Government welcomed the goals and aims of the initiative and it is clear that the strategy is the result of an enormous amount of work at community level. The objective of the strategy is to improve children's health,...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There are no records held by the Department concerning a "Morning Star mother and baby unit". There has been a number of references in parliamentary questions and in the media to the above unit concerning the case of one individual and the Residential Institutions Redress Act. The entity concerned is correctly titled as the Regina Coeli hostel in North Brunswick Street, Dublin. Furthermore,...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy is referring to a private arrangement between family members. As these children have not been formally placed in foster care by the Health Service Executive, any concerns regarding the arrangement would be a matter for family law. However, if there are concerns regarding the health, welfare or safety of the children, the Child Care Act 1991 would apply. Under the provisions of the...