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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (20 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is facing eviction; her plans to address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2296/15]

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: We would not have made cutbacks of €1.2 billion from 2008 until now.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Because the Government cut the budget. There was a cut of €1.2 billion from 2008 to now. That is why the local authority houses were boarded up in the first place.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: There was a cut of €1.2 billion.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: After she starved them in the first place.

Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, has made it clear that rent controls are not possible. Recent reports have suggested that new powers may be given to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, to curtail excessive rent increases by landlords. The haemorrhage from rent supplement arrangements and the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, to...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Taoiseach has his own private health care and does not worry about the public. Every one of them has.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase special needs assistance in the schools in Ballymun, Dublin in view of the current lack of sufficient assistance in the area and that children most in need are suffering because of it. [1191/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Jan 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for the new building in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 where works were due to commence in 2014. [1688/15]

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Many of the children who are targeted by the school completion programme obtain huge benefits from that engagement. Great benefits also accrue to their families. This is evident from their school attendances, their attitudes to their teachers and their confidence to engage with other people and make friends. This leads to less disruption in their lives and the lives of others around them....

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: As the Minister of State is aware, the school completion programme, SCP, is a support system for children and young people who are at risk of early school leaving. The programme seeks to increase school participation, attainment and retention among this group of students. It is quite clear that in areas of generational educational, economic and social disadvantage, a scheme that encourages...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Huge strides have been made in recent years in regard to safety on our roads. This year and last year, however, for the first time in a number of years, we have seen an unfortunate rise in the number of deaths on our roads. It is a well-worn statement that one life lost is one too many, and we must always strive to reduce road fatalities and the potential for the accidents that cause them....

Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: We are still dealing with serious issues of mental health and the difficulties experienced by people in accessing mental health services, particularly through accident and emergency departments. We have seen the queues of people in Beaumont Hospital recently. The hospital had to turn people away and ask them to go to other hospitals. There is a major shortage of front-line personnel,...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Government promised extra funding. Will there be a debate on the matter when the mental health capacity Bill is being discussed?

Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: He is on the same wave.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: What about rent controls? It is a big issue.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Why does the Tánaiste not bring in rent controls once and for all and stop the increases?

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Taoiseach does not even know where Northern Ireland is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I know the arrangements are short term but, for instance, one hotel got €200,000 in a year from Dublin City Council. While the contracts might be short term, there is a long-term accommodation procedure in place. I just wanted to clarify that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the delegates for their presentations. The tourism industry has certainly come a long way and the reduction in VAT has made a huge difference in that regard. I have a few questions, one of which is about the impact on capacity of the use of hotels and guesthouses for homelessness services. The hotels enter into contracts with the local authorities. I have seen figures in this...