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Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (3 May 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a properly resourced stroke register in addition to a rolling audit cycle incorporating acute, rehabilitation and community services every three years to ensure that service deficits are identified and addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current stroke register receives no dedicated funding and operates in only two...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each month to March 2017 inclusive; the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in the past year to March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20219/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a thabhairt do gach éinne sa Public Gallery, go háirithe daoine ó Mental Health Reform agus an sár-obair atá siad ag deanamh. In the programme for Government, there was a commitment to mental health services under A Vision for Change, which to date has not been delivered or even acted on. Over the years, the State abdicated its duty of...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Sinn Féin is bringing this Private Members' business to the House tonight in the best interests of the State. It proposes that the removal from office of Commissioner O’Sullivan would also be in the best interests of An Garda Síochána. As a society, we need a policing service that prosecutes the law without fear or favour. Everyone the length and breadth of the...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: They are not.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: He is as watery as usual.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: It is not fantasy. It is between the Government and Fianna Fáil.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

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Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: We all pay for it.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: And then overturned.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: An t-ábhar céanna.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: An expert panel on concrete blocks was established by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in April 2016 to investigate the problems that have emerged in the concrete block work of certain dwellings in counties Donegal and Mayo. The terms of references of the panel included the submission of a report within six months. I understand the panel has finalised its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether his commitment of having no families living in hotels and bed and breakfasts by July 2017 is still achievable (details supplied). [17449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average price for and the number of rapid build modular housing units built to date. [17450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (6 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the loss of 85 jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17165/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have seen it all when it comes to building over the past years. I was at many meetings about pyrite, mica and so on. The witnesses mentioned a number of things about local authorities and more resources, including fire officers and such. There is no doubt that we have many more problems. I know we have a massive complex in Finglas, on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: State Properties Data (4 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of land in public ownership or held in trust for the State, such as, but not exclusively, schools, third level institutions, local authorities, State and semi-State bodies in the constituency of Dublin North West. [16667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (4 Apr 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans under section 31 of the State Property Act 1954, to waive property at a site owned by a dissolved company (details supplied). [16790/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I want to ask about compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, with the local authorities. I know some local authorities are starting to use CPOs, but there is no sign that is coming on board in Dublin City Council. There was a prediction that we might get a certain amount of units as a result of that. Has there been pressure or talks between the Department and the local authorities? I also want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Dessie Ellis: The local authority has to designate sites as derelict before they issue a CPO. That is something of a process. Even at that, the authority is struggling to get them. Dublin City Council has identified some of the units to which Mr. Walsh has referred. I have spoken to the council about them. Anyway, at the moment, nothing has been delivered. That is frustrating. Places are lying idle...