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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: We have a quorum. This meeting has been convened to consider the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013. Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Stanton. I welcome the Minister and his officials to the meeting. I make the usual request that all mobile phones be switched off completely because they interfere with the sound system. As this is Committee Stage, I ask members...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: We cannot discuss penalty points at this meeting.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: I am sure we all pay our fines but that is not an appropriate matter for this Bill. It is being discussed by another committee.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: Amendment No. 2 and amendments Nos. 9 to 14, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendments Nos. 2, 9 and 10 are consequential on amendment No. 11.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: Amendments Nos. 3 and 16 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: Amendments Nos. 4 to 7, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: That is no problem. It is something to look forward to.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: The Deputy can only indicate that he will bring forward amendments on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: What subsection does the Deputy wish to delete?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: I again thank the Minister and his officials for attending.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Message to Dáil (22 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: In accordance with Standing Order 87 the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: The legislation before the House today is about giving the ESB a legal basis to engage in the business of electronic communications services. Instead of using the wires, poles and pylons that form part of the national grid just for the provision of electricity, the legislation will enable the ESB to use the same infrastructure for telecommunications purposes - in other words, the business of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Courts System: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: I welcome the delegations, especially the two gentlemen who have travelled far to get here. I found the presentations very interesting. Last year, I had the good fortune, along with the Chairman, to visit Midtown Community Court in New York, and meet the directors and teachers of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. One of the directors informed me that when he Googled my name, he...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: That was 20 years ago.

Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Anne Ferris: One of the few times I ventured into a bookmaker's shop was when my namesake, Anne Ferris, rode the winner of the Irish Grand National in 1984. While I cannot remember what I did with my winnings, I remember remarking at the time that there were not many women customers in the shop, despite the fact we had just had the first female winner of the country's greatest horse race. For some...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: This year, Europe remembers the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. For the island of Ireland, North and South, the First World War is a shared sorrow. From this island 250,000 men left to fight a war that should never have happened. A fifth of those men never returned. Some of them were Unionists, loyal to their king and country. Some were nationalists, loyal to an ideal of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: 15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for the Magdalen redress scheme that have been processed; the payments made and the contribution to date of the four implicated religious orders to that scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5250/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (6 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the retention of the 9% VAT rate has on the tourism sector in Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6034/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (6 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the various Office of Public Works tourism and heritage sites in Wicklow along with their corresponding footfall figures for the four quarters in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the funding that each site receives including funding allocated for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6033/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (6 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for the Magdalen redress scheme that have been processed; the payments made and the contribution to date of the four religious orders implicated in that scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6032/14]