Results 4,061-4,080 of 4,706 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Local Authority Charges (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Is that the method the Minister will pursue?

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I will take it.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I understand that but I have-----

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is not but I want to ask the Minister about the panel which was in place and which expired in December 2011. People were on the panel for years and have been excluded from it while Dublin City Council has sought to fill posts from within its workforce.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: If there are posts available the staff in Dublin City Council are not sufficiently skilled to fill them. This is a specific skill and one does not find fire brigade members within a local authority. They are specialist people. This is the wrong way to go.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I am putting the question. It has also been a terrible blow to those who have been on the panel for many years.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister has indicated that he can intervene in certain circumstances.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Will he intervene if the staff numbers fall to a drastically low level, which is beginning to happen?

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: People are retiring.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Does the Minister not think it is unfair to the people who were on the panel?

Building Regulations (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I hope that at some stage the Minister will agree to meet with the Priory Hall residents. I know he said he was waiting for the court case, but he should meet with them. We now know that the Minister's Department was involved in this in 2006.

Building Regulations (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: This is a supplementary question.

Building Regulations (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I will ask the supplementary question. When Department officials visited and inspected this site back in 2006, they discovered fire safety issues.

Building Regulations (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I am going to ask the question now.

Building Regulations (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I will ask it. These fire safety issues included the absence of fire collars. What action was taken at this time to rectify this? When spot checks were made to ensure compliance, how did the Department satisfy itself that the certificate provided by CLM Fireproofing, dated 21 November 2006, was adequate? Did the Department subsequently contact either CLM or the Royal Institute of the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the amount of pension and lump sum payments made to city managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13082/12]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if inspectors from his Department inspected the Priory Hall complex in 2006 and reported concerns regarding serious fire safety and building control issues; if he will set out the action, if any, that was taken at the time, and the reason, if the Department knew of these concerns, persons were allowed to...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Táimid glan i gcoinne sócmhainní Stáit a dhíol, is cuma cé mhéid atá i gceist. Roimh an toghchán, bhí Pairtí an Lucht Oibire go háirithe i gcoinne díola mar seo. Tá an Rialtas ag chur an locht ar an AE agus ar an IMF, agus de réir a chéile, níl an dara rogha againn. Tá rogha eile ann, agus níl sé riachtanach leanúint leis na polasaithe seo. Tá slí eile ann, agus...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I just got the message - we are all right.

Written Answers — Arts Plan: Arts Plan (6 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way he intends to maximise the potential of community arts projects as an important tool for social inclusion in areas of disadvantage; the contact he has had with other relevant parties in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/12]