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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Heads of the Gambling Control Bill 2013: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Anne Ferris: I am very confused at this point and need to get my head around the issue. Mr. Roche referred to the 1956 Act and the 1992 Act. I need clarification on the issue of machines for which one must pay and machines which do not require the making of a payment. Would it be possible for me to contact Revenue tomorrow and under the 1992 Act ask for a gaming machine licence because I have a tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Heads of the Gambling Control Bill 2013: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Anne Ferris: There is clearly a major loophole in the legislation. I am very concerned about the activities of operators who, despite being banned by the local authority from running gaming machines, have opened up facilities in our town centre and on the outskirts and seem to be getting away with it. That type of thing is supposed to be illegal, never mind the fact that these operators are unlicensed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Heads of the Gambling Control Bill 2013: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Anne Ferris: The bottom line is that operators are hiding behind the 1992 Act.

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Anne Ferris: I represent the county with the highest percentage forestry cover in Ireland. Just over 18% of the land area of County Wicklow is planted in trees, which is twice the national average. The Bill therefore will have a significantly higher effect in County Wicklow than in most other parts of the country. Wicklow's trees support hundreds of jobs in the forestry industry. The people who...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Anne Ferris: We have heard much in the past two days about the effect of the budget on the country as a whole. I wish to focus on what the budget will do for a single constituency, namely, the one I represent, Wicklow. The main headline in this morning's The Irish Times tells us that the budget has given the country a €500 million jobs stimulus package. That is a simple sum, which adds up the...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Anne Ferris: We are here this evening discussing this Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013 for one reason, namely, a Fianna Fail-led Government ran Ireland's economy like a slot machine that was rigged to pay out every time until the money was gone. Ireland had to borrow big to pay its debts. The troika budget was one of the conditions of this bailout. The money borrowed from the troika is just part...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (5 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the living cities initiative to the historically important pre-1915 houses of the Victorian seaside resort of Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46473/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a change in the timetable of the bus collecting children from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow without consultation with parents; that the changes have resulted in the students aged between 14-17 waiting unsupervised for up to an hour for the bus; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (5 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that have been put in place for the conservation and future replacement of historic trees in the grounds of Leinster House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (5 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons behind the substantial two year mid-contract delay to the construction of the Bray flood protection works, a delay which is increasing the flood risk in Bray, County Wickow. [46476/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will prepare a handbook outlining in a transparent manner the eligibility requirements of a medical card and appeal arrangements for those transferred to a general practitioner card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46478/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 1157. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent by his Department on the purchase of prescription drugs distributed under medical cards and distributed under general practitioner cards; the corresponding amount contributed by recipients in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46479/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: I agree, and welcome the fact, that the patents issue will save money and time. Why is it necessary to have a referendum to ratify the UPC? If the Minister is presenting this to us today and informing us about it, and it is a no-brainer as far as I am concerned, why would there be a need for a referendum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: Is this the only country that would have to have a referendum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: I thank the Minister.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: I have already welcomed the job creation initiatives in the Bill; the home renovation scheme, the start-your-own business scheme, the extension of the Living City initiative to the restoration of old buildings in Dublin and the broadening of the eligibility terms for film making tax exemptions will all provide considerable job opportunities for people working in my constituency. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (14 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the contractor on the Bray flood relief scheme (details supplied) referred the dispute, which has resulted in substantial delays in the project, to formal third party conciliation; the dates on which the parties to the dispute formally agreed to extend the ambit of the conciliation process; if the said conciliation...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Landscape Strategy (14 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to commence the making of a national landscape plan which would identify, in the interest of environmental protection, constraints to be considered in the context of major development proposals, such as those relating to grid pylons and wind farms, in a uniform manner in view of the inconsistencies that can occur...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: During budget week I spoke in this House about the two economic wars that the pensioners of Ireland have had to endure, both started by Fianna Fáil governments. The first economic war was started in 1932, when today's Irish 80 year olds were just small children. Fianna Fáil started a six-year economic war with Britain by withholding land annuities. The scheme, like a lot of other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (26 Nov 2013)

Anne Ferris: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is granted the full rate of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment in view of their great need and the fact that all documentation requested has been forwarded to SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50597/13]