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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 21:In page 50, line 23, to delete “household notifies the authority of” and substitute “authority identifies”.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 22:In page 50, line 27, after “period” to insert “not less than 2 months”.Should a local authority be unable to inspect a housing assistance payment property before agreeing a tenancy, it will be required do so not less than two months after the agreement. Rental accommodation standards have dropped significantly over time. Dublin City...

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Taoiseach may be aware that rent supplement was prohibited by ministerial order during the regeneration of Ballymun. This has caused great hardship to families that needed to be near schools, family and friends as well as local supports. As the regeneration has run its course will this ministerial order be lifted or even addressed under the next housing Bill?

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Will it be included in the next housing Bill, the second part of the housing Bill?

Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: It is under consideration at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Mr. Layde is aware that landlords have been saying online that they will not accept rent supplement and that there is no provision in place to deal with it. They could do the same regarding the HAP. What is Mr. Layde's opinion? It should be outlawed. Some time ago the Minister mentioned that there were more than 4,500 NAMA properties, 500 of which were being used and approximately 2,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: That means they will be taken off the housing list, however, and will have to reapply on a transfer basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Does Mr. Layde see that this will lead to a significant number of people being taken off the housing list and put into inadequate housing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I too thank the witnesses for their presentations. This meeting comes in the context of the housing Bill which is going through the House. Many issues are arising about which we are worried, one of which is that there are 76,000 people in receipt of rent supplement. There is a proposal under the HAP project which is being piloted in Limerick to bring it under the control of local...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister of State mentioned the Attorney General who gave bad advice previously on upward-only rent reviews. It is the same Attorney General. I disagree with the principle of mandatorily taking money by the Department of Social Protection from those on social welfare payments. We should not do that. The same approach has been used in other areas. People are struggling at the moment....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (17 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 83. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the pyrite resolution works taking place and completed at this stage and the work to monitor other sites with pyritic contamination on an ongoing basis. [25443/14]

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an mBille seo. Sinn Féin welcomes the Bill and, as such, has no objections to it. The proposal to develop the castle and gardens at Johnstown Castle as a visitor destination for the south east region is also welcome. As we are all too aware, the region is an unemployment black spot which is in urgent need of assistance...

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thought I only had five minutes.

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I did not know that.

Order of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: When it is planned to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to help to facilitate the creation of an all-island gas market? The Bill is entitled the Common Arrangements for Gas Bill. Do we know when it will be published?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister of State referred to solutions. There are solutions to everything but we have put forward proposals with regard to solutions. I realise they would take some time but they could work if they were enacted quickly, worked on and if the Cabinet would agree it. We know from all the parliamentary questions we have put that there is at least €1 billion in the strategic fund...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: If local authorities were given responsibility for sourcing properties, we would really see the scale of the emergency we face. There is absolutely no doubt that many people are topping up their payments and have been doing so for some time. Increasing rent supplement without putting rent controls in place will not change that. There is still going to be a creeping effect in respect of...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 20:In page 49, to delete lines 32 and 33 and substitute the following:“(a) the housing authority concerned shall source dwellings in respect of which they will seek to place people under the housing assistance scheme,”.I am aware that we have issues over HAP and we have just had arguments on the previous grouping. However, I do not understand why, with the...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: In view of the importance of this issue-----

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: As one of those who tabled the amendment, I call for a walk-through division.