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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (1 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he has made to encourage wheelchair accessible taxi services and his views on prioritising companies with high numbers of wheelchair accessible vehicles for public and departmental contracts. [36791/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by passengers seeking information or to purchase tickets online for cross-Border transport services; the efforts he has made to improve these links and access to them. [36789/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (1 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for temporary provision of alternative taxi rank spaces for the duration of the Luas cross-city works. [36790/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (1 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to work with Dublin Bus to make its service more attractive, affordable and accessible; and if he will commit to not supporting any more fare increases. [36793/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (1 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the long delay in the processing of an application for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [37252/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (30 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address an office facility issue at one of her Department's offices (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [36962/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (30 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the departments within the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service dealing with requests to stay under subsidiary protection and the good to go scheme, respectively, are doing so without any co-operation resulting in applicants receiving deportation order letters which are not correct; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (30 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out his views on an application to amend Bus Éireann Expressway route number 7, which is intended to abandon historic population centres such as Ballyporeen, Moneygall, Clogheen, Castlecomer, Crettyard, Ardfinnan and others, and which is before the National Transport Authority at present; his further views on whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (25 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding the treatment of clients and the use of funds at Oberstown campus, County Dublin; if he will investigate the matter. [36259/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (25 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has been allowed to continue to operate an SPSV for hire given their conviction for issuing a death threat in 2011; and if, under new legislation, the person's status will be in question. [36288/14]

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister mentioned yesterday that the number of people on the housing waiting list has decreased from 98,000 to 89,872 since 2011. He neglected to mention that since 2011, anyone coming into the rental accommodation scheme has been removed from the housing list. The number of people participating in that scheme now stands at 36,000, which represents an increase on the figure of 15,000...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: While such a sum of money would be welcome, it would be too little, too late. The Minister said last night that the Government is pursuing a housing-led approach. To illustrate this, he outlined figures setting out the number of houses being provided. He later listed some of those figures again, either to confuse or to emphasise. The former Minister of State with responsibility for...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Deputy should not believe the newspapers which tell complete and utter nonsense.

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: It is from the answers to parliamentary questions. It is from the Department of Finance.

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Ah here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their presentations and I wish to comment on some of the issues raised. One of the major fears in regard to the Bill relates to the transfer of powers to the local authorities and the effect this will have on the boards in terms of decision making and who makes the decisions. Can we have further elaboration on those fears? I understand every port cannot be a tier one...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if elective surgery has been curtailed or withdrawn in Cappagh Hospital, Finglas; if this is as a result of budget constraints and his plans to resolve the matter. [36021/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (24 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the moneys owed by the Department to Ballymun Regeneration Limited and when it will be granted. [35968/14]

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The then responsible Minister, Deputy Jan O’Sullivan, even promised to put one in place while rejecting a Sinn Féin amendment to the residential tenancies Bill which would have done just that. Tenants cannot afford to have their deposits withheld without justification which is now such a common practice that nearly every renter has experienced it at least once. Many renters do...

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that: - the State is in the midst of the most severe housing crisis in its history, due mostly to a drastic shortage of social housing; - 89,872 households, representing well in excess of 100,000 men, women and children are currently on local authority housing waiting lists, a rise of 30% in just five years; — approximately 74,000 households...