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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (24 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 952. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an application has been made to the Commission for Energy Regulation regarding the Codling Bank offshore wind park and the status of any such application; if this aspect of the project will now fall under a new administrative process for Projects of Common Interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (24 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 953. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an application has been made to EirGrid with respect to the grid connection for the Codling Bank offshore wind park; if this aspect of the project will fall under a new administrative process for projects of common interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11988/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (24 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 954. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the review process for Ireland's list of projects of common interest and the likely timing of the next review to include the appropriateness of listing wind energy projects which rely on the existence of an export agreement with the United Kingdom which as we know has been declined by the United...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategy Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 1003. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for a national landscape strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11397/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (24 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 1004. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to convert the 630 proposed natural heritage areas across the country to full natural heritage areas; the timeframe involved to designate the sites as full national heritage areas; the extent of environmental destruction that may have occurred in the 20 years since these sites were first proposed for full protection; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (11 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the names, technical qualifications and method of appointment of the individual members of the marine licence vetting committee that assessed the environmental impact assessment for the Codling #1 offshore wind park project for which a foreshore lease was granted in 2005; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Impact Statements (11 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the extent to which the proposed grid connection to the Codling #1 offshore wind park was subjected to an environmental impact assessment as part of the granting of a foreshore lease in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/15]

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: Before I refer to the Bill, I wish to place on record my deep appreciation for two brave women whose lifelong work has led to the point where, for all of its flaws, we are discussing this Bill. Lydia Foy is a champion of gender equality. Her commitment to human and gender rights has inspired Irish people affected by these issues - young and old, women, men and intersex - to speak up and...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: These are similar to some of the issues I wanted to raise earlier but the Chairman put me off. However, we have not come to those yet.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: My point relates to sections 32 to 35, inclusive.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: Yes, but there are no amendments to these sections and there is a thread running through them. Deputy Shatter has mentioned since early this morning that there are different threads running through sections and I agree with the points he has been making all along, but we are only now coming to deal with the points in these sections. I have done quite a degree of extensive work on the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: Yes, I do. That is why I suggested that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs should also be brought into this conversation when the stakeholders meet. I was working on the adoption information and tracing Bill rather than on this Bill but it applies to this one as well. All possible information about the birth mother or birth parents and the child who was adopted should be on the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: It is all part of it. I believe the provision under that subsection closes the door, as it were, because it states that if the Minister is satisfied-----

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: To return to the inclusion of a no-contact veto provision, rather than having both sides looking for information on contact details, I honestly believe we should change our mindset in the adoption information and tracing Bill and in this Bill to put in a no-contact veto provision.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: Absolutely, full information.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: No. They would be available on the register because that is the issue. I know we are straying into a different area here-----

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: -----but it is well documented that children who are adopted want to know their identity. They want to know information about themselves. If, say, the birth parent or, in this case, the donor gave the information about themselves but did not want to be contacted, they could still give information about their medical background. That is far more optimistic and healthy in terms of the future...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: I will let Deputy Shatter go ahead.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: I want to query one point under this section. In subsection (3)(a) it is stated "if satisfied that sufficient reasons exist to withhold the information concerned from the donor-conceived child" and so on. Does that close the door completely on information being given? People get on in years, they change their minds and circumstances can change. Does that provision close the door...