Results 681-700 of 4,706 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (8 May 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing drugs crisis in north County Wexford and that a group (details supplied) involved in the community response to the crisis has had its funding cut by 30%; his plans to address the crisis in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (18 Apr 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and dates of fire safety inspections that have been carried out at a centre (details supplied) from 2018 to date; the results of the inspections if they were carried out; if not, the reason such inspections were not carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18154/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Testing (18 Apr 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if Forensic Science Ireland tests for potency of cannabis seized; if it tests for the purity of cannabis seized; if it confirms the presence of other substances in the cannabis, the details of the substances; the quantity of the other substances should they be present in the cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18201/19]

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a thabhairt do gach éinne sa Visitors Gallery. Bringing up a child with autism can be challenging for parents, particularly when other people do not understand the issues involved. Parents often find it more difficult to get their child access to educational and other services because of perceived issues related to the child’s condition....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Extradition Arrangements (26 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the case of a person (details supplied) facing extradition to Lithuania in view of the conditions faced by prisoners on pre-trial detention in Lithuanian prisons; his further views regarding the removal of a number of judges as a result of an anti-corruption investigation raising the potential for the denial of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of a centre (details supplied); if it is at full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the capacity of a centre (details supplied) to accommodate additional asylum seekers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final cost of a regeneration project in Ballymun, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of works to date on dwellings which were new builds as part of the Ballymun regeneration project and have since required remediation works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12178/19]

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Sinn Féin will be tabling an amendment to the motion. I commend Independents 4 Change on tabling this Private Members' motion. For many local communities, the drugs crisis has got progressively worse. Tragically, it does not seem to have the same priority on the political agenda as it once did. From the early 1980s until 1996, the State had effectively abdicated its responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of existing legislation in which a person using a motorised scooter uses it on a footpath; if this is not permissible under current legislation, the penalties in place for a person using the motorised scooter in such a manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11011/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The fomeless figures are going up.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had exploratory talks with associations (details supplied) regarding an all-Ireland soccer team in line with the practice of the all-Ireland rugby team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages changes to the plans for metro north; the timeline and dates which would include the period of the consultation process up to the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10985/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The Deputies should not fall out with each other.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: There is ongoing concern about the privacy of women availing of abortion facilities, as well as the potential for intimidation of those who have made hard and difficult decisions to have an abortion. The Minister for Health has indicated that he will introduce a Bill to create safe zones around the facilities to provide an area where women will not be subjected to possible abuse,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I doubt it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (21 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 122. To ask the Minister for Health when a new primary care centre will be delivered for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for which land has already been identified; when funding will be available to build the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8810/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Fianna Fáil Deputies are the opportunists.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Will that take long?