122 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to publish the gender recognition advisory group report; when does she expect that legislation will be introduced to give legal recognition to trans-gendered persons and extend the protections of the equality legislation to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Finance when funding will be authorised in respect of the Dargle flood protection scheme in Bray in view of the fact that all design, technical and tendering processes have been completed and the importance that this project be started this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the matter will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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684 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when legislation, due under the programme for Government, will be forthcoming to regulate the vehicle clamping industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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647 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national positive aging strategy; the timeframe for the implementation of this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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641 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health in view of the obligations to the Council of Europe on the way he intends to execute the findings of the ABC v. Ireland judgement the actions he will take; if an action plan on this issue will be submitted to the Council of Europe by the 16 June 2011 deadline; when the expert group, that is due under the programme for Government to examine this issue, will be established; the persons that will serve on this expert group; the timeframe for when recommendations to him will fall due; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there is a delay regarding veterinary practices acquiring licences for medicines to treat livestock, in some cases it is taking a practice more than six months to obtain a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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316 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for mortgage relief will be decided upon in view of the fact that the application has been under appeal for nearly a year and all documents have been provided by the banking institution; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that this family has received a 90-day warning letter of repossession from the bank mentioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health when the BreastCheck programme will be extended to 65-69 year old women as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the 116000 missing child hotline, due under Directive 2009/136/EC, will be set up; if funding will be provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create a teacher training college run through Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reform the teacher panel system to allow for a specific panel in respect of vacancies for teachers in gaelscoileanna; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Heart Foundation stroke awareness campaign has been successful in increasing the number of stroke patients being admitted to hospital in time to receive clot-busting drugs; if he will now make a financial contribution to the campaign to ensure that the FAST ads can continue to air on television and radio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the next survey of lifestyles, attitudes and nutrition in Ireland report; if the report will be as comprehensive as in previous years; if it will include the areas of tobacco use, physical activity, diet and nutrition and alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health when the neuro-rehabilitation strategy, which has been under development for three years, will be published; if funding will be provided for the implementation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will produce, in tabular form, the total receipts in Ordinary Account for all 33 vocational education committees based on page five of the audited VEC Annual Financial Statement, V.15 for the financial year ended 31 December 2009; if he will ensure the format of the table shows these figures for VECs in descending order of receipt totals, largest to smallest, and include all VECs; if in the unlikely event that audited accounts are not yet available to him, he will ensure that the aforementioned table includes similar details available from page five of the draft Annual Financial Statement, V.15; if he will note that capital account figures are not required and should not be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a financial assistance scheme for self-employed persons whose businesses have failed as a result of the economic downturn; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Irish will remain compulsory for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person is deemed eligible for rent allowance, the reason there is a ceiling on the maximum amount they are allowed to pay for housing; if the person receiving rent allowance can make up the difference from another source; the reason this is not permitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to regulate the proliferation of gold shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will meet a delegation (details supplied) with regard to fears for job security resulting from the mooted selling of a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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520 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 hospital’s existing quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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519 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 a statement on the matter.
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396 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 limited to a number of years as is the practice in the UK and Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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136 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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309 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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293 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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266 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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88 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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405 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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271 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 countries in terms of labour market mobility; if he will consider making changes to the permits system in order that workers are granted employment permits within a designated job category with the right to change employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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164 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 on the matter.
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158 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 card to help persons with Crohn’s disease in view of the fact that paying €120 on the drugs payment scheme is out of the question for many persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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406 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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181 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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.
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81 Deputy Anne Ferris asked 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 Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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