Results 541-560 of 865 for speaker:Anne Ferris

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: 186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the head of Child and Family Agency’s suggestion that criminal records be wiped at 18 except for the most serious offences; if officials in his Department have considered proposals along these lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9908/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (26 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: 211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; the way it is envisaged that the legislation will protect the family rights and other rights, under the European Court of Human Rights and the Irish Constitution, of the thousands of adoptees, natural mothers and their broader birth families who are currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Projects Funding (26 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 15 January 2014, when it is expected that the call for expressions of interest to develop a diaspora centre will be issued; the form the call will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9922/14]

Open Adoption Bill 2014: First Stage (11 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the possibility of access to a child by a natural parent or relative of the natural parent after the making of an adoption order and to provide for related matters.This Bill proposes to amend section 58 of the Adoption Act 2010 to allow a natural parent or a relative of a natural parent - for example, a...

Open Adoption Bill 2014: First Stage (11 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Repatriation of Irish Prisoners in the United Kingdom: Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (11 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: I thank Ms Joyce and Fr. McFlynn for coming in. I met them last year on this issue. I am delighted they could make the presentation today. The imprisonment for public protection sentence was abolished by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 for future offences but it does not apply to people already serving sentences. What is the crime they have been convicted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Repatriation of Irish Prisoners in the United Kingdom: Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (11 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: I wonder how many UK prisoners are in Ireland. Could there be some kind of transfer programme? I am a very strong believer in sentencing, and a life sentence should mean life rather than just 12 or 15 years. In Ireland the minimum sentence for certain crimes should be increased, but that is a different day's work. It has been mentioned that there are 12 or 15 IPP prisoners stuck over...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (12 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: There has been a great deal of discussion about Ireland progressing beyond the bailout. For the Government to have regained Ireland's independence from troika oversight last December has been to take a firm step on the road to recovery. A year-on-year job creation rate of 61,000 jobs is certainly a step on the road to recovery also. Wiping €40 billion off debt repayment over the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the presentations. Many of the questions I intended to ask have been asked already. Deputy Alan Farrell mentioned gardaí confiscating drink in his area. The same happens in my home town, Bray. Approximately 15 years ago, we brought in by-laws to ban the consumption of alcohol in open places, which made a huge difference. Gardaí...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: Should alcohol be banned at sporting events in places like the Aviva Stadium? Should promotion of sporting events by alcohol companies be banned?

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: The backbone of a democratic state is a sense of trust between its citizens and its police force. Without that level of trust, a police force has no moral power and the citizen is no longer adequately protected by the State. In Ireland that sense of trust between citizen and police ran so deep for so long that our Garda Síochána has been able to retain its rare status of being one...

Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Mar 2014)

Anne Ferris: I have long been a supporter of restorative justice programmes. It makes perfect sense to me for our legal process to have restoration centred judicial remedies. If a victim feels that he or she would benefit from an apology then, where possible, that should be facilitated. If victims of theft want their goods returned or replaced by the thief, that too should be facilitated if it can be...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Vótála i Reifrinn) 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Voting Rights in Referenda) Bill 2014: First Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. Currently, only Irish citizens can vote in referenda. This Bill would enable a referendum to extend the franchise for voting in future constitutional referenda to citizens of other nations who...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Vótála i Reifrinn) 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Voting Rights in Referenda) Bill 2014: First Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha." I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: First Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.The Bill is intended to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 to abolish compulsory retirement ages for persons able and willing to continue with the job for which they are employed. Exceptions are provided for security related employment including in...

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: First Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (1 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department discussed with the National Transport Authority what will happen to bus passes on Dublin Bus routes 17, 17a, 18, 75, 76, 76a, 102, 104, 33a, 33b, 45a, 59, 63, 111, 114, 161, 184, 185, 220, 236, 238, 239 and 270 once these are put out for tender under a public service contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (1 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: 290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm she will not cut the Department's budget for bus passes on Dublin Bus routes 17, 17a, 18, 75, 76, 76a, 102, 104, 33a, 33b, 45a, 59, 63, 111, 114, 161, 184, 185, 220, 236, 238, 239 and 270 once these 23 routes move to a contract under public service obligation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15167/14]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: Thirteen is considered by some people to be an unlucky number. Over the 13-year period that Fianna Fáil spent in government from 1997, no fewer than five different Ministers for Justice served the nation. Many of the grave and serious pigeons that came home to roost in recent weeks on the roof of the Department of Justice and Equality were launched into orbit during the era of fianna...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Human Trafficking: Scoil Phobail Bhéara (2 Apr 2014)

Anne Ferris: I also welcome the witnesses to this meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. I have been following their Facebook campaign for a while and thank them for the presentation. Members have heard many presentations in recent years from different organisations and it was very refreshing to hear a presentation from people of the students' age. They gave the figures on the...