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Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I am absolutely flabbergasted by the Minister's response. It is not dealing with the real world. The Minister says advice was provided from the Garda Commissioner's officer. It flies in the face of what is said by every garda and superintendent I have met at the joint policing committees, which are also attended by councillors and Deputies from Fine Gael and the Labour Party. The Acting...

Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: No, they cannot take them. If they do, they must give them back. That is the specific issue we are discussing. I have attended numerous meetings with gardaí but they have consistently told me that they cannot seize the vehicles. Is the Garda Commissioner lost somewhere? If he is giving this advice, there is something wrong. All we ask is that this legislation be brought forward...

Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I will be happy to work with anyone to address this problem in the best possible way. This has caused major problems in parks throughout the country, not just in Dublin. We need to close this loophole and if the legislation I propose does not meet all the requirements, I am open to any suggestions and to listening to what people have to say. This issue has been a scourge on our communities...

Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank all those in attendance who have helped to ensure this debate goes ahead. I hope to secure cross-party support for the Bill. Anti-social behaviour is a major problem in communities. It is particularly endemic in working class areas owing to lower levels of employment and educational attainment and fewer amenities being available...

Criminal Law (Incest) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire, cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo agus gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Naughten mar gheall air. I welcome the opportunity to speak today on behalf of the Sinn Féin party on Deputy Naughten's Criminal Law (Incest) (Amendment) Bill 2012 and I commend the Deputy on his preparation of this Bill. Deputy Naughten's Bill proposes to end a legal loophole that...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Just a week ago the Constitutional Convention voted overwhelmingly to enshrine the right to housing in Bunreacht na hÉireann. This has long been Sinn Féin's position and, while welcoming that decision wholeheartedly, we call on the Government to move forward on the issue. The Labour Party and Fine Gael are failing to protect and uphold the right to housing. There are almost...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: As the Taoiseach will be aware, there are plans to merge the penalty points systems in the North and the South. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport recently stated he had encountered serious legal difficulties in this regard. Can the Taoiseach indicate whether these problems can be overcome? Will the proposed merger be provided for in the road traffic Bill and when will that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014: National Transport Authority (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: What about picking up people? If someone drove from point A to point B and picked up several people along the way, how would that be viewed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014: National Transport Authority (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: No, that is car sharing. A person could be picking up two or three people along the route.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014: National Transport Authority (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The issue is that the rank itself remains on O'Connell Street and is not moved to one of the side streets. That may mean that drivers queue along the side streets and come onto the rank as spaces become available. That might alleviate the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014: National Transport Authority (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I am not clear how that will work. Mr. Creegan has used the term "external service provider", so these people will not be enforcement officers of the NTA. They will be working alongside the eight enforcement officers already on the ground. Is that what Mr. Creegan is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014: National Transport Authority (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I ask Mr. Creegan to deal with the vetting of drivers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014: National Transport Authority (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Whether taxis or hackneys, there must be local area knowledge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014: National Transport Authority (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Creegan for his input. I have raised an awful lot of issues and I ask everyone to bear with me if I repeat them because they are issues that I am still not fully satisfied with. I have always believed that single taxi drivers did not get proper representation on the taxi advisory group. I have argued the matter with the Minister and the National Transport Authority that the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities establishing housing trusts structured as special purpose vehicles for the purposes of accessing housing finance funding for the purpose of increasing the supply of social housing in their administrative area. [11078/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider developing guidelines for local authorities who may wish to establish housing trusts structured as special purpose vehicles for the purposes of accessing housing finance funding for the purpose of increasing the supply of social housing in their administrative area. [11079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if bearing in mind that the 60 apartments owned by a Housing Association (details supplied) at Gallery Quay were constructed as part of a private development of 300 apartments and commercial units at Gallery Quay over the period 2005 to 2006, his views on whether a survey of all 300 units would be required to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in detail any evidence he may have that makes him believe that the serious building defects experienced by Gallery Quay are site specific. [11130/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (5 Mar 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the building defects affecting housing (details supplied) at Gallery Quay are site specific; the reason this is the case; and the measures will he take to investigate same and make those responsible accountable. [11131/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (26 Feb 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts recently introduced in the budget have resulted in the training allowance being removed which will impact severely on traveller projects at St. Margaret's, Finglas, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9762/14]