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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities have awarded contracts to development companies which have unfinished estates on their books; and if he intends to resolve this practice. [22568/12]

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: At the height of the boom 269,000 people were working in the construction industry. This figure has since fallen to approximately 100,000, a major decline that has delivered a massive blow to the construction industry which is clearly on its knees and needs a major stimulus. The potential to provide more jobs is considerable, although I accept employment in the sector will never return to...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Then the Government will welcome in the European Stability Mechanism, ESM.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Where will we get the €1.27 billion?

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Will the Taoiseach outline when the residential tenancies (amendment) Bill will be published? What stage are we at? Will powers of deposit retention for the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, be included? This is a major issue of contention that crops up constantly. I remind the Taoiseach that his Labour colleagues were committed to this previously-----

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: -----and had a Private Members' debate on it.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: And a few members of the Government as well.

Written Answers — Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 123: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis cur síos a dhéanamh ar na tuarascálacha iniúchta ón gCoimisinéir Teanga a cuireadh os comhair an Oireachtais ó osclaíodh an oifig, agus ar aon ghníomh atá déanta ina leith; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21656/12]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to see that sports clubs which are awaiting general consent of the Minister for Finance under Section 67 of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 to a Deed of Covenant and charge for grants under the Sports Capital Programme (details supplied) get this general consent as soon as possible; and if he will clarify the reason...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to give general consent under Section 67 of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 to the Deed of Covenant and Charge drawn up by Dublin City Council for grants received by a group (details supplied) in the years 2004 and 2007 under the Sports Capital Programme. [21526/12]

Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. Today is May Day, a day when workers, trade unionists and those who struggle for a better world for ordinary people remember the fights of the past, the victories, the losses, the revolutions and the counter-revolutions, the great men and the great women. It is a day we in Sinn Féin mark and a day that always causes me to pause and...

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: There seems to be a fundamental shift of local authority functions to new bodies such as Irish Water and, in the case of this Bill, transferring commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing to the Road Safety Authority, RSA. The replacing of local authorities as the agency responsible in this area is a retrograde step. Local authorities have been starved of funding but have still managed to...

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I wish to share time with Deputy Michael Colreavy.

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that small and medium enterprises are resourced, trained and supported to tender for State contracts [20903/12]

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is clear people are struggling through a myriad of taxes, be they stealth or otherwise, which have been introduced over the past several budgets. The previous crowd, as the Minister calls the previous Government, was also responsible for this. The Minister's own partners in government, the Labour Party, opposed water charges right up until they entered office. When I was on my local...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: In the last bad winter we had, local authorities responded magnificently to problems with water supplies because they had the expertise and back-up which will be lost when it is shifted over to this new semi-State company. It will be a retrograde step and people will resist it. Larger families will pay a heavier price in water allocations. Will there be a standard charge? Will there be a...

Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Tánaiste's own members in SIPTU are opposed.

Workplace Deaths (25 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The purpose of Workers' Memorial Day is to remember the dead and fight for the living. It is a memorial to remember all those killed through work, while at the same time ensuring that such tragedies are not repeated. The best way to do this is to ensure better health and safety in addition to stricter enforcement with higher penalties for breaches of health and safety laws in the workplace....

Workplace Deaths (25 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is very disappointing that in 2005 the Law Reform Commission's report recommended the introduction of an offence of corporate manslaughter but in 2010 the Government established an interdepartmental working group to report back. This is a very long time. We should be pressing this issue as it is urgent. In my constituency of Dublin North-West there were two fatalities, a worker and a...

Social Welfare Code (25 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the all-party Oireachtas committee report on the single working age payments recommendation that carer's should not be included in a single working age payment. [20602/12]

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