1018 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive paid out in legal fees to outside lawyers over the past five years; if he will give a breakdown by year; the cost of setting up the HSE legal department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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992 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health in view of the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy’s statement that blanket bans on gay men giving blood is contrary to EU law and in view of the United Kingdom’s decision to reverse its outright ban on gay men giving blood, if he will commit to reversing the ban on gay men giving blood here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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991 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation regulating the cosmetic surgery industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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808 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all adoption files from the Sacred Heart Convent at Bessborough in Cork have been transferred to the Health Service Executive; if the HSE has found suitable accommodation for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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708 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors and barristers struck off over the past ten years; if he will provide a breakdown of the number per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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705 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tipstaff employed in the courts; the level of salary paid; if he will give a breakdown by court; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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703 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the salary payable to individual High Court registrars, to the Chief Registrar of the High Court and to county registrars of the Circuit Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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702 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if all unimplemented recommendations from the Competition Authority in its report on the legal professions will be implemented in the proposed legal services Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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699 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will bring legislation establishing a judicial council before the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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593 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when will legislation tackling noise pollution be introduced; the measures that will be proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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592 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken in progressing legislation dealing with climate change; if he will publish any reviews that he has undertaken in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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468 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of endangered archaeological sites, natural heritage sites and buildings here; if he will give a breakdown of those in County Wicklow; if he will give an update on his review of Part IV Architectural Heritage of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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467 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to reform the 30-year rule for the National Archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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466 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available to the National Archives to properly preserve the records of psychiatric hospitals as highlighted in a recent television programme (details supplied); if these archives will receive statutory protection; if all archives for each hospital have been investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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465 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give an update on the acquisition of Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin 2, for its use by the State as a cultural amenity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be made available to the National Archives to properly preserve the records of psychiatric hospitals as highlighted in a recent television programme (details supplied); if these archives will receive statutory protection; if all archives for each hospital have been investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in establishing a strategic investment bank from the two pillar banks as promised in the programme for Government; the persons who will oversee the operations of this bank; the remit of this bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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751 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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700 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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655 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be forthcoming on the change to an opt-out system of organ donation, rather than an opt-in system, as provided in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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640 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be forthcoming on the regulation of stem cell research in view of the fact that it is in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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607 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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589 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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550 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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522 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when civil partnership legislation will be amended to address the anomalies and omissions relating to children, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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516 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Commercial Court will be established to facilitate speedy resolution of disputes at Circuit Court level, when moneys in dispute do not warrant High Court jurisdiction, as provided in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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515 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a permanent Civil Court of Appeal, as provided for in the programme for Government, will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the equality legislation pertaining to transgendered people to be extended in view of the fact that the Gender Recognition Advisory Group report has been published and the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the court sitting terms will be changed to ensure that judges will sit for longer, due to the fact that there is a long break from the end of the Trinity term to the start of the Michaelmas term, in view of the fact that the sitting terms for the Judiciary in the near future have been set (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the cash for gold report will be published; the actions that will be taken in view of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Irish State to sign and ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the fixmystreet website will be set up as provided in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to ensure that the membership of State boards comprises at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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375 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the membership of State boards comprises at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government.
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313 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the Programme for Government.
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227 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government.
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218 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the acquisition of a site to facilitate the construction of a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork.
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136 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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398 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive appeals office is experiencing a significantly increased volume of appeals; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the appeals office is advising applicants not to telephone the office because of the volume of work; if he intends to redeploy staff to assist in this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some local authorities are refusing to answer representations from public representatives on behalf of constituents; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the councils are using the Data Protection Act as the reason they are not responding to public representatives; his views that public representatives need to receive replies when they are acting on behalf of their constituents; if he will investigate the situation and report back; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that an appeal lodged on rent supplement is adjudicated on as soon as possible in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance will be reinstated as soon as possible in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Taoiseach when he will bring forward propsals to provide for written parliamentary questions during the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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549 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the decision to abolish payments to student nurses during their fourth year pre-registration rostered placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will review the ban on blood donations by gay men; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of known vacancies, due to statutory retirement, that are expected to arise for members of the judiciary within the lifetime of this Government; if he will provide a breakdown for each court; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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