Results 1-20 of 373 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Anne Ferris

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider increasing the payment to a private bus operator (details supplied) for persons using free travel passes in view of the rising costs in fuel and the withdrawal of the subsidy on the fuel duty by the Government in 2010 and in view of the fact that Dublin Bus does not operate on the Southern Cross Road in Bray, County...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Apr 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the application from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he will ensure that there are no undue delays in the tender process in view of the fact that this school has been seeking funding from the Department for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (12 Apr 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he is considering rescinding the fluoridation of the public water supply as recommended by the Oireachtas Draft Report on Water Fluoridation in Ireland 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7644/11]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (20 Apr 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Irish Greyhound Board is in talks to send Irish greyhounds to China in order to establish a greyhound industry; his views that this would be contrary to the recently drafted Welfare of Greyhounds Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/11]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (20 Apr 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider adding Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that persons living with Crohn's disease have to attend their general practitioners on a regular basis and have to have various hospital procedures carried out regularly; if he will further consider introducing a prescription only medical...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (20 Apr 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide funding to an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow to help fund the volunteer to drive scheme which it has recently set up to bring patients from its area to St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin for treatment in view of the fact that this organisation receives no official funding; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Apr 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider providing funding for the establishment of a teen parents support programme to serve County Wicklow in order to encourage students who become parents to remain in the education system; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the TPSP is already established in 11 other counties; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (21 Apr 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the 2011 budget measure introducing fees for passports for older persons will be reversed or ameliorated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8929/11]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (3 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing problems associated with the current employment permits system, in which workers do not have the right freely to change their employers; if his further attention has been drawn to the recently published Migrant Integration Policy Index which ranked Ireland 28th out of 31...

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (3 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a National Fire Authority as recommended by the Farrell Grant Sparks Report, 2002, following an in-depth analysis of the fire services and as promised by a previous Minister for the Environment in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/11]

Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (5 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will publish a Bill legislating for the area of surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10104/11]

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (10 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the issues affecting the forestry sector, specifically inconsistent implementation of the Planning and Development Act regarding road access to forests, which is preventing the thinning and felling of forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10181/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (10 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to publish a Bill regarding sex trafficking and the penalisation of the purchase of sex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10604/11]

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (10 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish sawmills are importing timber from Latvia, Scotland and elsewhere due to an overly bureaucratic system of permissions for forest roads and access, which means Irish forest owners cannot access and sell their timber; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10182/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider reorganising current diabetes paediatric services in the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster area in order that intensive therapies can be accessed locally; if he will appoint additional staff to this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11018/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school extension submitted in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of the fact that this application was made more than seven years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11446/11]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that organisations are experiencing long delays in having prospective employees and volunteers cleared by the Garda vetting unit; if he will examine the system whereby an individual will be able to apply for personal Garda vetting which could be brought from place to place and could be...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that will be saved with the termination of the Health Service Executive core funding to domestic violence network SAFE Ireland and Rape Crisis Network Ireland; if he will advise which agency will handle the work that until now has been carried out by SAFE Ireland and RCNI after the funding has been cut; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the fact that a centre (details supplied) has raised funds to provide for two additional half-time Down's syndrome liaison nurses for Cork University Maternity Hospital and Limerick Maternity Hospital, if the Health Service Executive will create the two additional half-time equivalent positions above and beyond each...

Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (18 May 2011)

Anne Ferris: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to relax the current quotas for Irish persons fishing in Irish waters; if he will re-examine the criminality issue pertaining to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11910/11]