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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 492. To ask the Minister for Health if Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown operates or plans to operate a text alert to persons in advance of outpatient department appointments. [33617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres and the number operational at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33618/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons attending the emergency department aged between 18 and 30, 31 and 45, 46 and 60 and aged 61 and above at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown; and the reason for attending the department by each of these age groups at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to present. [33619/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 495. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33621/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been deployed at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown from 2012 to date; the process for implementing this protocol at the hospital; and the effect on wider services at the hospital when it was deployed. [33624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017 at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33625/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the policy or procedures in place in the accident and emergency department of Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown when an adult, adolescent or child, respectively, presents with suicidal ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses in Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33627/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 502. To ask the Minister for Health the psychiatric and mental health services and facilities currently available at the Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown; the number of consultants, specialists and nurses working in these services and facilities; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33628/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (11 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 391. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the waiting times for each hospital department in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32244/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (11 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 392. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of theatres and the number operational at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [32245/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a definitive date for surgery; the reason they have not received a date for surgery in view of the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/17]

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: We have had an undeclared crisis in housing for the last number of years. The Government refuses to call it for what it is. What the Government is doing is clearly not working. The homeless figures are increasing and the waiting list for housing have remained high, with 91,600 households currently on local authority waiting lists. There are also 4,922 homeless adults and 2,777 children...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for an audit of vacant commercial properties specifically shops, by county, as was carried out when establishing the list of vacant homes in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31619/17]

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: That is what education is for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We are looking at the possible effects of short-term lettings on the housing market. There is some anecdotal evidence that it has had an impact but short-term lettings have been there for many years. It is not something that has happened overnight. There are a lot of issues around some of the short-term lettings. There are issues in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I wanted to raise one point. We discussed vacant homes, of which there are approximately 200,000 across the country. We have never carried out an audit of the number of vacant shops, which I argue would show substantial numbers. It would be an interesting exercise. Just because they are private businesses does not mean they should be treated differently if they are left idle for years....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Robinson for his presentation, at the start of which he stated that Ireland lacked an up-to-date regulatory framework, particularly in terms of home sharing, which tells me that Airbnb recognises that there are many problems. I have not seen how people sign up to Airbnb. If it uses a form, what does that entail? I assume it registers everyone using that form. Mr. Robinson...