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Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an mBille seo ó Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre. When we discuss a living wage, we are by extension talking about the conditions of many workers across the State. Hundreds of thousands of workers are on low pay and just about keeping their heads above the poverty line. Families face a daily struggle to make ends meet and many are living from...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: Traveller Accommodation (28 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: The Traveller community faces many challenges and inequalities in employment, in education and in health in particular. Irish Travellers' level of access to healthcare and life expectancy estimates are shocking, with figures suggesting that Irish Travellers die 11 to 15 years earlier than members of the general population. The statistics relating to their mental health are strikingly worse...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: Traveller Accommodation (28 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State. The Gavin family lives on the site in question. There are 16 in the family. This has been going on for over a year. I have met with everyone in Fingal County Council, including the CEO. They know the situation. They are getting themselves bogged down in a certain legal issue. At this stage, I honestly do not care about that legal issue. This is a matter...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (7 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: For many years, the health services, particularly psychiatric services, have been struggling. Even before the pandemic, they were struggling. We were not recruiting staff although there was a commitment to do so. I have lost count over the years of the number of people who have been turned away from accident and emergency departments because of a dual diagnosis. In many cases, this...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (7 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: The definition of dual diagnosis according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists is the coexistence of mental health and substance misuse problems, including both drugs and alcohol. Each of these disorders is both chronic and relapsing and each has an independent course capable of influencing the other disorder. It is recognised by many notable psychiatrists that it is quite unusual for an...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: I am sharing time with my party colleagues Deputies Cronin, Seán Crowe and Mythen. It is essential to have proper childcare services available because of the beneficial impacts they have throughout society. Childcare benefits everyone, even those who do not directly use or have a need for such services. In light of the negative impact a lack of childcare can have on parents,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Management of Estates (31 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. Most new estates have management companies. In many such estates houses are built with large numbers of apartments around them. In the past, local authorities were able to take private estates in charge but that is fairly difficult to do now. As far as I can see, that is not going to happen with most new estates. I am trying to draw...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Management of Estates (31 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: There has been a significant growth in recent years of managed estates. The Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011, known as the MUD Act, specifies all new developments must have an owners' management company, OMC, in place. The Act provides the legal framework for their operation in managed estates. The OMC is established for three main reasons, namely, to manage and maintain common areas in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: Serious concerns have been raised by trade unions and other stakeholders about the right to request remote working Bill. They have argued that the Bill heavily favours the employer in that there are excessive grounds under which an employer may refuse a request from an employee to work remotely. This renders the Bill ineffective from an employee's perspective. Are any of these concerns...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: My constituency of Dublin North-West has a substantial number of houses and housing estates that were built from the 1950s onwards. These older buildings are difficult and expensive to heat. Much of the heat escapes through the walls, roofs and chimneys. There are thousands of such homes across the State that need to be fully insulated to be energy efficient. This would help to lower...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to engage with various professions, sectors and employers to ascertain if the qualifications of Ukrainian nationals are acceptable here to create employment opportunities; if so, if they can be rapidly facilitated to work, particularly in sectors in which Ireland currently has shortages in the economy, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to engage with the various unions with regard to Ukrainian refugees to agree on their employment conditions to ensure they are not exploited when employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to recruit extra staff for local authorities to deal with the unprecedented level of demand for services if the estimated number of Ukrainian refugees arrive in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14523/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government in conjunction with the local authorities will re-establish, support and resource the community response fora (details supplied) to maximise the integration of Ukrainian refugees into local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered putting in place regional databases of native Ukrainian speakers to assist children and young persons to successfully integrate into the education system in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any provision for putting in place a database of language skills of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any provision for putting in place a database of educational attainment and job skills of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14512/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered putting in place a national database that will enable Ukrainian refugees to register their employment skills to enable easier integration into the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processes that are in place to identify the skills sets of Ukrainian refugees and to assess the best way to deploy those skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14519/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 680. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14513/22]