Results 41-60 of 536 for speaker:Anne Ferris in 'Written Answers'

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...

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;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the likely dates and content of legislation to facilitate the provision of identifying information and other personal information to parties to adoptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22822/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the commission of investigation into mother and baby Homes, including the dates and details for the public consultation phase described by him during debates on the publication of the terms of reference for the work of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22821/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Schemes (11 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 236. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the work of the committee she has established to advise her on Ireland's historic houses; its membership; its date of establishment; the advice it has provided to her in relation to historic houses in County Wicklow, including Russborough House and its contents, which are in trust for the people of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Suicide Incidence (9 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 143. To ask the Taoiseach the processes undertaken by the Central Statistics Office in the recording and reporting of suicide statistics, including the collection of statistics from Garda stations through the form 104 process; the collection of such statistics from the Prison Service and the Central Mental Hospital; if there has been any recent internal or external review of the effectiveness...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (9 Jun 2015)

Anne Ferris: 565. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the prison system has engaged or assisted in recent times in any research programmes in the areas of treating challenging behaviour, self destruction, violent behaviour or mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21920/15]