Results 81-100 of 865 for speaker:Anne Ferris

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (7 Jul 2015)

Anne Ferris: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the tendering process for bus services to be privatised will include a requirement for successful bidders to accept the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27156/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (2 Jul 2015)

Anne Ferris: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Comptroller and Auditor General has reported on the auditing of the accounts of University College Dublin in recent years; the outcome and recommendations of any such audit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26784/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (1 Jul 2015)

Anne Ferris: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on proposals for the extension of the Luas line to Bray in County Wicklow; the preferred route for the extension; the timeframe of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26501/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (30 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the ongoing financial pressure on variable rate mortgage holders, if he will outline the consequences for Bank of Ireland if it refuses to reduce its interest rate for variable rate mortgage holders after the 1 July 2015 deadline; the progress made with other banks in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26034/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees Appointments (30 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place for filling the 31 vacancies on prison visiting committees; the timeframe within which she wishes to see these positions filled, in view of the importance of this function to ensuring that prisoners receive their human rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26061/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (25 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 289 and 290 of 1 April 2014, if the working group referred to in her reply has concluded its work yet; if there is a report available from the working group; if the working group considered whether bus passes will continue to be accepted on Dublin Bus routes 17, 17a, 18, 75, 76, 76a, 102,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Gallery (25 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 257. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the issue of any remuneration or payment of any fees to the current or previous directors of the National Gallery in connection with their positions as board members of the Alfred Beit Foundation, paid either by the National Gallery or the Alfred Beit Foundation, has been discussed during the quarterly liaison meetings between...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Gallery (25 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 258. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of her Department or Government circulars relevant to the appointment and remuneration of the director of the National Gallery; the extent to which participation in other corporate structures by the director is facilitated by the terms and conditions of employment, as sanctioned by her Department; if,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Gallery (25 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 259. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the subject of the export licensing or private sale by the trustees of the Alfred Beit Foundation of a painting by Jacques De Lajoue entitled the Cabinet of Physical Sciences has been discussed at any of the quarterly liaison meetings between her Department officials and the senior management team of the National Gallery of...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: Charities Act 2009 and Advancement of Human Rights: Discussion (24 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: I would like to welcome Dr. Breen and Mr. Cooper here today. Their presentations and what they have said make perfect sense and I cannot understand why the issue has not been dealt with previously. Organisations with charitable status have made presentations seeking to have laws changed, for example, organisations like Womens Aid and other different organisations. These organisations need...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (24 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal under the domiciliary care allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25227/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (24 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will acknowledge the distress and other negative effects being caused by the ongoing delay in the introduction of adoption and tracing legislation; if he will confirm the existence, or not, of any new or previously unknown constitutional and legal questions that may have arisen in relation to this matter within the past 12 months,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (24 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the role of the applied language centre in University College Dublin in the education of language teachers, the teaching of the English language to foreign students and the provision of language graduates for the business sector; the number of students, teachers and host families involved; the success of the centre's programmes in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (23 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the criminal law (sexual offences) Bill 2014 which is to legislate for the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services; the likely timing of any enactment of this legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees (23 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison visiting committees; the number of persons who serve on these committees; the process of appointment of prison visitors; the number of current vacancies on prison visiting committees; the timeframe within which she plans to fill any such vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (23 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure taken by Irish Rail to ensure that, at all times, spaces reserved for the use of disabled passengers on trains are kept free from luggage and other obstacles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24906/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the output from recent research by the Economic and Social Research Institute on private property rental carried out on behalf of the Private Residential Tenancies Board, particularly in relation to the disproportionate increase in recorded rents in cities and in certain other parts of the country closely linked to cities, including...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (18 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the commitment he provided in Dáil Éireann, and in a Department press statement dated 19 February 2015, that the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes would shortly announce details of how members of the public will be able to contact the Commission, or make submissions to inform the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (18 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason behind the extraordinary delays that his department is encountering in the preparation of adoption tracing and information legislation; the number of officials dedicated to the drafting of such legislation; the number of hours per year that have been spent on the drafting of this legislation during the years 2011 to 2014 and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (17 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed overview of any cost-benefit analysis or long-term value for the money process undertaken by the Coillte-Electricity Supply Board consortium for its proposed wind farm development at Raheenleagh in County Wicklow; the results of any such process; the economic and commercial risks assumed;...