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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: Will the Minister do that?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: They have a pension from the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (24 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Coillte's plans for the ongoing use of the walled garden at Kilmacurragh in County Wicklow; if those plans include the return of this historic garden and its mature trees to their rightful use as an important contextual element of the adjoining Kilmacurragh Arboretum; if such a transfer will be expedited in the interest of tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (24 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to issue guidance or direction to local authorities regarding the removal of hundreds of out of date public infrastructure development signs littering the countryside, much of it dating back two decades or longer, given that the signage materials and poles are manufactured from metal that has a recycling value;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (24 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the interim strategy for managing traffic volumes on the N11 from Bray north to the commencement of the new stretch of motorway at Rathnew in County Wicklow, being a section of national road that is operating significantly above capacity at peak hours, leading to long tailbacks, increased driver frustration, higher...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: I thank the organisations and individuals who have made very powerful presentations on their own stories. They are very moving and it is a very personal issue for them as they approach retirement age. I had not realised staff in the Irish Prison Service had to retire at the age of 60 years. When I introduced the Bill last year, many people contacted me to tell me their stories. I was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: Some 40% of all doctors working in Canada are over 55 years of age.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: It is huge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: We have to finish up now. I thank the witnesses who came here today. Senator White alluded earlier to the marriage bar that was brought in to force women out of their jobs when they got married years ago and was subsequently lifted. There was a major debate on the lifting of the marriage bar. The argument was that men would lose their jobs or not get them if married women were allowed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (17 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of providing an enhanced medical card for hepatitis C sufferers; how this compares with the annual cost of providing a standard medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40439/15]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: They get great chances. What about the rest of us? They have a chance.

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: I ask the Taoiseach to give us an update on the adoption (tracing and information) Bill. There are thousands of people in this country, including myself, who are anxious to see progress on this Bill and would like to ensure that it goes through all Stages before the spring.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: What happens in America?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (10 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 436. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the long delays being experienced with the registration process in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and the pressure these delays are putting on health care service providers; the reason for these delays; if he will ensure that the applications submitted by persons (details supplied) are expedited as quickly as possible, given...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 453. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the explanation he provided to Seanad Éireann on 3 November 2015 regarding the extent to which parental consent for human papilloma virus vaccines can be considered informed consent, how his Department reconciles the requirement to satisfy average or below-average levels of adult literacy with the obligation placed on parents to navigate an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 853. To ask the Minister for Health the consent procedures afforded to parents of schoolgirls who are offered the human papilloma virus vaccine; the extent to which the consent procedures currently and previously included access to information on known side effects of the drugs in question; his views on the matter of consent procedures connected to the human papilloma virus vaccine; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 854. To ask the Minister for Health the extent and content of any interaction between his Department and the European Medicines Agency, regarding the review of human papilloma virus vaccines announced in July 2015; the interaction between the agency and any other State body on this review; the likely duration and scope of the review; his plans to publicise the review by the agency more...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Anne Ferris: 1140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of any local authority which, further to the publication of the national broadband strategy, has completed and submitted a county broadband strategy to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38135/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Anne Ferris: I welcome Ms Grainia Long and Ms Mary Nicholson from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and invite them to make their presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Anne Ferris: I thank Ms Long. I call on Ms Deirdre Malone of the Irish Penal Reform Trust to make her opening statement.