Results 141-160 of 7,128 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jan 2006)

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

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. The Health Service...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The office of the Minister with responsibility for children is being established in accordance with the Government decision of 7 December 2005 to place the interests of children at the heart of Government and to build on the successes already achieved in the context of the national children's strategy. The responsibilities of the new office within the Department of Health and Children will...

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

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. Ireland submitted...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Health Service Executive deals with initial inquiries on adoption under its child care programmes. It can provide information to prospective applicants, issue application forms and ensure that all the necessary documentation has been collated. When a prospective adopter contacts his or her local HSE office with an initial inquiry, his or her will be sent an information pack which will...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The payment to which the Deputy has referred will be made by the Office of the Minister with responsibility for children, and will be administered by the Department of Social and Family Affairs on an agency basis. Discussions between the Office of the Minister with responsibility for children and that Department on the operational details of the payment are in progress. The payments will be...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (26 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Adoption Board currently has bi-lateral adoption agreements with China, Belarus, Romania, Vietnam, Thailand and The Philippines. Belarus and Romania have, however, ceased inter-country adoption. A revised draft protocol between Ireland and Belarus has been examined by the Adoption Board and the Attorney General. Sections of the draft were found to be incompatible with the Irish...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 349 together. The youth homelessness strategy was published on 31 October 2001. The strategy provides a strategic framework for youth homelessness to be tackled on a national basis. The goal of the strategy is "to reduce and if possible eliminate youth homelessness through preventative strategies and where a child becomes homeless to ensure that he or...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The number of children in care in 2003, which is the most recent year for which data is available, was 4,984. This compares with a total of 2,885 children in 1990. At the outset it is important to recognise that there has been a significant change in the type of care provision provided for these children, with a significant increase in the numbers of children in foster care and a decrease in...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: On foot of a Government meeting on 24 October 2005, the Minister of State with special responsibility for children wrote to the Irish Bishop's Conference both individually and collectively to seek confirmation that the church's framework guidelines of 1996 were being, and that the recommendations of the Ferns Report would be, implemented. The Minister of State asked that the church review and...

Written Answers — Constitutional Review: Constitutional Review (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am studying the recommendation of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution based on the findings of that group. I am conscious that the committee's findings were based on a wide consultation with submissions from the public, including individuals and interest groups. I will be considering the recommendation in the context of Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (31 Jan 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Taoiseach, accompanied by the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, met Mr. Colm O'Gorman and representatives of the One in Four organisation in Government Buildings on 17 November 2005. During the course of the meeting the Taoiseach highlighted the strong priority he has attached to the issue of adult victims of past abuse during his term of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)

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 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 — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (2 Feb 2006)

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 the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. However, I also...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Feb 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Adoption (Hague Convention, Adoption Authority and Miscellaneous) Bill is being drafted in the parliamentary counsel's office. It includes a provision enabling a person who is 18 years of age or more and who has been in long-term foster care to be adopted by their foster carer or carers. The intention is to publish the Bill later in 2006.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Feb 2006)

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. The Government has...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Feb 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together. It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to the How Are Our Kids research project undertaken by the childhood development initiative and Dartington social research unit which was published in October 2004. This report was one of eight preliminary research documents which culminated in the publication of A Place for Children, a ten-year...

Written Answers — Social Services: Social Services (7 Feb 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The provision of an out-of-hours service in the context of the development of family support and child care services, including the implementation of the youth homelessness strategy, is identified in action 27 of the health strategy, Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You. While some progress has been made in certain areas of the country on the provision of out-of-hours services, the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Feb 2006)

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 — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (7 Feb 2006)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The youth homelessness strategy was published on 31 October 2001. The strategy provides a strategic framework for youth homelessness to be tackled on a national basis. The goal of the strategy is to reduce and if possible eliminate youth homelessness through preventative strategies and where a child becomes homeless to ensure that he or she benefits from a comprehensive range of services...