Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 November 2006
391 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers or link workers employed in the foster care sections for the Health Service Executive dealing with County Kildare; if there are vacancies in regard to the accepted number required to deal with the number of children in care; the ratio of social workers to the number of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35680/06]
View answer393 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of agencies employed by the Health Service Executive to deal with foster parenting in the Kildare area for the past three years; the number of children that are cared for by this system of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35682/06]
View answer394 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if the cost of employment of an agency to deal with foster parenting is greater than if the foster parenting was organised by the Health Service Executive; the cost invested to the HSE in regard to the use of agencies for foster parenting for each of the past three years for the Kildare area; the cost for the HSE in regard to its own organisation of foster parenting for the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35683/06]
View answer397 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in foster care within the Kildare section of the Health Service Executive for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35686/06]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 391, 393, 394 and 397 together.
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.
392 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the location where agencies are employed to deal with foster parenting by the Health Service Executive; if the social or link worker attached to each child is remunerated by the HSE or if the charge for the care of the child is inclusive of the payment of the social worker made by the agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35681/06]
View answerThe 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.
395 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that all of the guidelines and directives contained in the national standards for foster care are being implemented; the cost to her Department of foster parenting in each of the past three years; the number of children in foster parenting in all of the Health Service Executive regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35684/06]
View answerThe 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.
396 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the facilities which constitute proper access for children in foster parenting to meet with their parents; if such access is always supervised by a member of the Health Service Executive or agency dealing with the child; if there is an age limit on such supervised access meetings or if such meetings can be held without supervision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35685/06]
View answerThe 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.
