Results 1-20 of 26 for idea speaker:Anne Ferris

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Process (13 Jan 2016)

Anne Ferris: ...subjective or objective, is allowed to taint decisions around legislative drafting and prioritisation, including for example, procedures to ensure that no person who is profoundly adverse to the idea of providing identifying information to adopted persons is able to influence the ongoing and unacceptable delay in bringing the adoption information and tracing Bill to final stages, to the...

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

Anne Ferris: I understand and I appreciate it fully. Does the Minister have any idea of the average age? He listed a number of people who have retired in the last year. I know the people who retired held different ranks - they were officers and other members - but what was their average age?

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...for people who are able and willing to continue in the role for which they were employed. The Bill provides exceptions for security-related areas such as An Garda Síochána. This is not a new idea. The legislation before the House today is based on similar legislation elsewhere, including in the US, where compulsory retirement ages have been outlawed for quite some time, and in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Role and Purpose of Churchfield Community Trust: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...the staff might have felt the person required to be on a further programme, and the percentage who have re-offended after completion of the programme. I am not sure whether they would have any idea of those figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Role and Purpose of Churchfield Community Trust: Discussion (15 Jul 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...methadone involvement, relationship issues, anger management, finance and debt, literacy, low self-esteem, difficult early life experiences, unemployment and education deficits. In trying to get an idea of those 12 issues, would there be some more prevalent than others in participants of the programme? Would any of those 12 issues with which they would present be more serious than the...

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: ...for organisations to try to separate what they can do under charitable status from what they can do without it so as not to cross over between the two areas. That must be exhausting. I had an idea about what needs to be done. If we look at what has been done in the United Kingdom, in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland, it is clear they have managed to deal with this issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Annual Policing Plan 2015: Garda Commissioner (25 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: I had two questions but Senator Conway gave me an idea in regard to his question on whether there were any plans to close down more rural stations. Does the Commissioner have any plans to reopen stations that have been closed down in recent years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Annual Policing Plan 2015: Garda Commissioner (25 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: That would be great because certainly in Bray we get text alerts if there is going to be flooding, so it would be a great idea for that kind of thing to be run by the JPC. The committee published its report on domestic and sexual violence last year and I was the rapporteur of that committee. We made a number of suggestions because many victims were very concerned at the way statements and...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...exhibition, one of the artists very kindly asked me to put my first-born daughter's name to one of the hundreds of tiny hand-sewn baby dresses that formed part of the display. It was a beautiful idea, but even after all these years I could not bring myself to share the baby name of the little girl who was taken from me. Instead I put my own name on the dress. This inquiry process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commemorative Plaques (10 Dec 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...the progress regarding same memorial since last November when An Bord Pleanála refused permission for the first planning application by Dublin City Council; if consideration will be provided to the idea of the late campaigner (details supplied) for the memorial to be located as near as possible to the GPO to reflect the wording of the Irish Proclamation regarding the cherishing of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

Anne Ferris: That is a very good idea. The delegation raised a number of issues in its submission in regard to the CERD and different things that we could do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Anne Ferris: I am delighted Mr. Brett is here today. We have read his submission and are pleased he is completely on board with the idea of e-conveyancing. It is a win-win situation for everybody into the future. I wish him very well. The committee is here, as Mr. Dorgan has said, if anybody needs assistance. Perhaps the committee will examine the matter in a year's time and get an update on how...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...of the full jigsaw puzzle. For this reason, I look forward to further debate in this House on the terms of reference of this inquiry, which needs to be broad and carefully designed. The Minister's idea to scope promptly and carefully the inquiry prior to its establishment is a good one. Because Dr. Sutherland's 1955 account of his visit to the Tuam mother and baby home and the Galway...

Open Adoption Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...as their fathers and mothers but who, owing to economic circumstances, were cared for by grandparents, aunts or uncles. This was a common feature of Irish society not too many generations ago. The idea of open adoption utilises this exact concept - it places the child within a broad family network. It can only be healthier for a child, where a member of his or her natural family wants...

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

Anne Ferris: ...for the independence of the Garda Síochána, whether as prosecuting agents or as supporter of victims, to become embroiled in the judicial act of sentencing. To legislate for restorative justice is a fine idea and I look forward to upcoming proposals from the Minister for Justice and Equality in that regard. However, the proposal before us is not the answer.

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

Anne Ferris: ...in this House that it was no longer appropriate for the Garda Commissioner to report to the Minister for Justice and Equality, if it ever had been. It sometimes takes a little while in Dáil Éireann for a good idea to gain currency but I am pleased that out of this whole sorry mess there is at least one seed of hope. Yesterday's decision by the Cabinet to establish a new...

Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...there is already a basis for the argument in that the planning legislation for such development falls under the umbrella of the Strategic Infrastructure Act applied by An Bord Pleanála. That is an idea for future consideration. Before us today is a proposal that will see the amalgamation of key resources of two of the State's infrastructural development agencies in a manner that...

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

Anne Ferris: ...Mr. Justice Reilly is sitting there saying "I've been saying this for the past 20 years and you're only listening now." However, I think we have it in all strands now. Everybody is on board. The idea of the one-stop shop which I took away from the centre is the important thing. People should feel they are not being sent out the front door and have to find somewhere else to go. People...

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Anne Ferris: ...of improvements to the national grid in terms of EirGrid's obligations as a supplier of energy to Irish homes and businesses, not in terms of a subsidy for wind energy exportation. I can understand why. The exportation idea is losing appeal. Not only does Britain have two other interconnectors, to France and Belgium, it is planning three more to mainland Europe, in addition to a new...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Anne Ferris: .... It cannot include anything else, including the unfortunate women who have experience of fatal foetal abnormalities and the unfortunate women pregnant as a result of rape or incest or any other idea. No matter how often members of the committee ask the Minister these questions, they must take their advice from the Attorney General. That is not the past or any potential Attorney...