Results 801-820 of 4,706 for speaker:Dessie Ellis
- Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: I am disappointed that the Government and its partners in Fianna Fáil are opposing the Bill and preventing its progress to the next Stage. I, too, took legal advice from senior counsel on this issue who outlined the problem that we have identified. I have made it clear that Sinn Féin is open to amendments to the Bill that would address whatever concerns the Government or Attorney...
- Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: He scrambled out of here.
- Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: We have that-----
- Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: It has.
- Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I think we can all agree that in recent years the use of quad bikes and scramblers has become not just a nuisance but also a real danger to ordinary people who use public spaces such as parks and even when just walking through their own housing estate. Without exaggeration, it is a major problem that is particularly prevalent in urban areas...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: The situation is serious.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: The Government is worried about people screaming when we have such a serious situation.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: Today everyone could feel the palpable anger on the streets of Dublin at the Raise the Roof protest outside Leinster House. This anger is not just being heard on Kildare Street but on every street across the country. People from every walk of life came to express their anger and want action, as well as to let the Minister know that this crisis in housing and homelessness never was and never...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: What about social housing?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)
Dessie Ellis: Maybe if an emergency was declared, Fianna Fáil would vote for it next time, for God's sake.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: How is it divisive for God's sake?
- Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: He said here earlier that he does not support large scale social housing. He said that.
- Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: Is it any wonder the Minister - and, by extension, the Government - is facing a vote of no confidence? The Government, with the collaboration of Fianna Fáil, has been in power for nearly three years and Fine Gael was in power with the Labour Party from 2011 to 2016. Fianna Fáil was the architect of this crisis. It is no surprise that its Deputies will abstain in the vote on this...
- Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: Bring down the Government.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Book Sales (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: Does he not talk to them?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Book Sales (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: We own 75% of it.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Book Sales (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: So we do not own 75% of the company.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Book Sales (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: The Minister is saying there is any amount of money for housing-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Book Sales (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: -----and now the Minister of State is saying he cannot make it up.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Book Sales (25 Sep 2018)
Dessie Ellis: Which is it?