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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (10 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of rural hackney licences that have been awarded to date; the number of applications received; and the number that are currently being processed. [10250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (10 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the problems in rural communities due to the lack of small public service vehicle or hackney licences at present and the prohibitive nature of the rural hackney licence, which is not suitable to fill the gap caused by this. [10251/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on amending current driver licensing regulations for holders of foreign licences, in particular holders of full United States of America licences who, on being resident here for more than 12 months, are required to sit and pass theory and practical driving examinations in addition to taking 12 driving lessons before they...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome this Bill which will be good for many people who have suffered due to the State and society failing, or refusing, to respect their gender. That said, it has a number of deficiencies which I will outline and which Sinn Féin colleagues have also addressed but which bear repeating, to some degree. My colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, published a Bill on gender recognition...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: This Bill has many shortcomings and is disappointing in many ways. The new system of allowing those returning to work from the jobseeker's or one-parent family payments to hold on to qualified child increases for 12 months will make a difference to those it applies to. The main purpose of this Bill is to provide for the back to work family dividend announced in budget 2015. This scheme...

Topical Issue Debate: Seniors Alert Scheme (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: There is serious concern about the present plan to transfer the security alert scheme to Pobal. This scheme, by all accounts administered in an efficient and cost-efficient way through community and voluntary groups since 1996, has stood the test of time. There are hundreds of community and voluntary groups registered under it. There are approximately seven or eight companies as well as...

Topical Issue Debate: Seniors Alert Scheme (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I reiterate Deputy Ryan's point that this is an all-party request. We have received representations across the board from various people, including the people who avail of the service. Is the Minister of State aware that the companies currently engaged in this have collectively paid back more in VAT than the €2.3 million allocated to the scheme? The Minister of State has said this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the representatives of West-on-Track and Iarnród Éireann for giving their presentations. What I have always found is that those areas, particularly the north west and the west, along that corridor, are the poor mouth of the transport system. The road networks did not have an impact from Sligo up to Derry in particular, but they certainly have had a big effect on other...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of the new social housing builds, and refurbishments, as well as the arrangements for additional units through social leasing, the rental accommodation scheme and housing assistance payments, as promised for 2015 in the Government's Housing Strategy 2020; and if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues of fire safety at the Longboat Quay development in Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9487/15]

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Government strategy to tackle the housing crisis, announced by the Minister, Deputy Kelly, at Christmas, is clearly failing. New families are reporting to homeless services every day. People are still sleeping rough and there is still no sign of a major house building programme. The Government promised to end homelessness by 2016 which is now an absolute pipedream. In the forthcoming...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: People come to my clinics every day reporting problems, in particular for families. Single individuals are being looked after to some degree, but the problem has reached epidemic proportions for families.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille tábhachtach seo. It is the case, and has been for quite some time, that the family as understood by those who framed our Constitution and those who were at the helm of the State for decades is a faulty, outdated and ultimately useless idea which betrays more about the social conservatism of those who espouse it than it promotes healthy family...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (25 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the financial appraisal by Dublin City Council regarding the restarting of the regeneration of Dominic Street flats in Dublin 1; if he will provide urgent attention to these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8399/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 169. To ask the Taoiseach the population changes in the Ballymun area, Dublin, from 1997 to date in 2015. [7726/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 170. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the population in Ballymun, Dublin, that are lone parents; and the changes that have taken place since 1997. [7727/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the rates of lone parents' allowances for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [7728/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation of motor tax proceeds from 2008 to date in 2015; and the revenue received to date in 2015. [7729/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff losses from his Department in each year since 2007 in comparison to other Departments. [7730/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Yield (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the portion of the proceeds received from motor tax in 2015 that will go towards repairing roads and footpaths. [7729/15]