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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I think the original thing with the Saturday was that people who were working in Dublin went home and were able to vote at home. I do not necessarily accept all of that but I think that was the idea at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: True enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I wanted to say one other thing on polling stations. When a person gets into the polling station to vote, they are supposed to have a private cubicle. None of them are wheelchair accessible. That is a point I have noticed over the past number of years. The polling station is said to be wheelchair accessible and wheelchair approved but my experience is that is not the case. That needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: We should have them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the witnesses for their input. They mentioned the EPSEN Act, which is currently under review. Part of the review covers expulsions, suspensions, the use of reduced timetables and restraint and seclusion practices in educational settings. I am curious about expulsions and suspensions in cases where a child develops even more behavioural problems, then we find that the school is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: What I was trying to ask about is the issue of mainstream schools, where a child starts developing the behavioural problems and has not been properly assessed. Is there not some fast-forward way of dealing with that? It seems an awful burden to put on a parent. Some get the child privately assessed. It is a real block for them to overcome this. Do we not have a fast-forward option?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their presentations. I was thinking about CBM Ireland there. On the SDGs, the achievements in Ireland far outpace progress across much of the world. It should be a concern for all that while Ireland is achieving 80% of the SDGs on our own soil, globally only 15% of the targets are on track. What are the main reasons only 15% of the SDG targets are being met? What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: We have similar figures here, perhaps not quite as bad, but not far off.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 561. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the fact that there are no chiropodists currently available under the public health system in Finglas (details supplied); his plans to address the matter; the actions that have been taken to provide this type of care in the Finglas area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44026/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (5 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister's Department funds youth work to the tune of €72.9 million nationally, as he said. I understand that. The National Youth Council of Ireland, the people who advocate policy for young people at national level, is calling for €9.4 million to be invested in the youth work sector. It is proposing that €7.3 million of this additional funding go to various...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (5 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The Finglas Youth Resource Centre has been a force in the Finglas area for almost 20 years, during which time the centre has been empowering young people in the Finglas community by giving them opportunities to learn and grow as valued members of the community. The centre provides young people aged between ten and 25 with a safe and welcoming space where they have opportunities to grow and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State and Mr. O'Shea for his input. I have a question about people with disabilities purchasing a vehicle with that person being the driver of that vehicle. There is a repayment where they can reclaim the VAT and the vehicle registration tax, VRT. This can amount to €10,000 to €16,000 approximately, or somewhere in that region. We have many electric...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: It is a matter of the price.

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Childcare has become a significant issue for both parents and childcare professional, posing challenges to both groups in terms of cost for parents and proper pay for those working in the childcare sector. The cost of childcare is placing an unbearable burden on many parents. In some cases, it has led to mothers leaving the workforce because of the enormous financial strain on family...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Dessie Ellis: There will be no guillotine on that one.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The purpose of the health information Bill 2023 will be to collect and share health information of a patient, ensuring that this information follows the patient throughout their care and treatment. It will also be important in furthering public heath management and clinical research. It has particular importance for patient care. What is the Bill's status? I think the Tánaiste will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their input and apologise if I cross over some other members' contributions, which sometimes happens. The national sustainable mobility policy aims to align sustainable mobility with climate change and road safety considerations in a co-ordinated manner. The national sustainable mobility policy oversight group will review, develop and update existing guidelines,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I am getting very frustrated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Originally, the NTA had to look for planning. My apologies if I did not make that clear enough, but now it is a kind of foregone conclusion that there is no real way for residents to have an input on that, although it is said they have an input. That should have come under some consultation which occurred in the past, but residents did not even know about it. I believe there is a bit of a...