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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...an EU directive and it is vital we ensure our law is tight enough and does not fall short of the directive. I agree with Mr. Counihan about secondary victims. I am sure secondary victims do not feel they are indirect victims but that they are victims, even though they may not have been abused themselves. They feel it emotionally and psychologically. I was interested to hear the piece on...

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

Anne Ferris: ..., I felt I was picking holes in it. As Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, I would not like anybody in the Department of Justice and Equality to feel miffed at me or feel I was attacking them, which I was not. I ask myself whether the Department of Justice and Equality is the right place for the Bill. Although it is employment equality...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services Provision (8 Jul 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...of Article 41.2.2 of the Constitution; the financial safeguards and public communications processes that are in place to ensure that women could not in any circumstance face a situation of feeling compelled to have additional pregnancies to maintain welfare, supports out of a perception of financial necessity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27941/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Anne Ferris: It is just something I want to say, Chairman. This day two weeks ago I was in Poland and visited Auschwitz. I certainly feel that there is a common thread between reading this statement and what I heard and learned in Auschwitz.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...them here, that are called "illegals" by this organisation among other things, reading between the lines. I regretfully withdraw the statement because you asked me to do so but that is the way I feel.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: ...? That would mean they are at a disadvantage straight away. God forbid, but if the donor was a mass murderer it would not be in the best interest of a person to have this information. I just feel the person making the appeal is completely on the wrong foot. They may be a young person with limited resources to engage a legal team and they will not have the same expertise. As the...

Interdepartmental Report on the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (17 Jul 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...whose names were recorded as inmates in two Dublin laundries subsequently also were recorded on headstones in Magdalen grave plots. These women did not leave the laundries alive. My sister and I feel lucky. We were both adopted as babies into loving families but not everyone born in a mother and baby home was so lucky. The morning after I met my younger sister for the first time, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...I take his point about nobody ever being out of pocket, but it does cause upset and they must go through a process to get the money back. Something like that should never happen. Do the witnesses feel it will result in lower property transaction and legal fees for people buying and selling property if it is done online and people do not go from one place to another? The Chairman...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...new services. I did a little research on this issue because I knew it was coming up. I have a concern, which I would have put to the Irish Banking Federation had it come us. Do the witnesses feel the Irish Banking Federation is as on board as everybody else with regard to e-conveyancing? If it is not on the same line as everybody else it will cause problems because the banks are the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Anne Ferris: I am sure it is supportive and no criticism is meant, but at the same time there is a feeling, and I do not say from where it is coming, that it may not be as on board. I am sorry it is not here to be able to address the issue.

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

Anne Ferris: ...and the State to protect their privacy in this way. The Bill is concerned with protecting the adopted children of today. It is an attempt to safeguard them against a future of uncertainty and the feeling of hopelessness that was illustrated so clearly by Philomena Lee in the film of her name. This Bill offers the beginning of a new, open approach to adoption in Ireland. I ask the...

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...

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: .... The public needs to be assured that an attack of that nature will be properly investigated in future by the Garda and that the attacker will be brought to justice. Women in particular need to feel safe while going about their daily business. The third issue of significant public interest is the attempted abduction of a five year old girl by Jerry McGrath when he burgled a house in...

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Anne Ferris: ...in the State, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, had been bugged. The first question that came into my head was, "Who did this?" The second was, "How many innocent people will feel compromised by this security breach?" The third question, which was probably the first to enter the Minister's head, was, "Why was nobody told about this?" The most important of these...

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

Anne Ferris: ...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 should know that they will go somewhere else within the building, will be met and will sit down...

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

Anne Ferris: ...the same is true today. As we leave the period of financial oversight by the three lenders which bailed Ireland out, Ireland still carries a mountain of debt. Despite what Deputy Thomas P. Broughan said, no one is feeling particularly euphoric about this. The portion of the debt carried by the State stands at approximately €204 billion. The cost of servicing this debt will be...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Anne Ferris: ...and clarity in explaining the reasons for the various amendments. I also thank the Members who contributed during the debate. This is a great day for the Government and the women of Ireland and I feel proud to be present. I thank the Chairman, who has done a wonderful job. He let everyone have a say and courteously gave everyone time to get points across. This debate has been a great...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Anne Ferris: ...will continue to happen even as this debate proceeds and the Bill is eventually enacted. It will continue because while this legislation is necessary, it will only do the bare minimum. I cannot help but feel angry at the nasty, malicious and underhand campaign that has sought to bully Deputies and Senators who represent the people. The campaign has been relentless and cruel and, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)

Anne Ferris: I do not want the Vice Chairman to feel I am gatecrashing the meeting.

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Anne Ferris: ...how, on an Easter Monday more than 50 years ago, she was taken for a "small operation" and left to recover for three days, without food, in a tiny darkened room. She described how she could not feel her legs, developed a clot and how since then, from the age of 29, she has suffered from chronic pain and bladder infections. I listened to another woman who underwent the procedure without...