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Other Questions: Library Services (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister of State says it provides increased services but we have seen in the past with other services that this can lead to privatisation and the big worry is that we are going down that road, which poses a threat to the staff and their jobs. People who are impaired or who have disabilities will not have the same access to staff members. They may need help and so on. Why not extend...

Other Questions: Library Services (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: No one is saying this is not working but there could be problems and it would have made more sense to provide staff. People and staff have said this, as have service users in the disability sector. I do not understand why it is such a big issue. It seems like cost-cutting instead of putting an extra few bob in place to provide more staff. Ultimately, it will probably lead to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 2 o’clock I disagree that it is too blunt a tool. There were signs that it was starting to work but the reality is that the numbers are still well up. The Minister is rolling out his programme tomorrow and I wish him all the best with it, but we had the same problem when the last Government was in office. It also rolled out a programme worth €3.3 billion but we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Will the Minister review the decision to discontinue the ministerial directive instructing local authorities to allocate 50% of social housing to homelessness and other vulnerable groups on the grounds that the research by the Housing Agency on which this decision was formulated is fundamentally flawed?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister stated that last April the Housing Agency made the recommendation to discontinue this directive. I find that hard to believe when we are in the midst of an emergency. In one week in August this year, there were 6,611 people who were homeless. The issue has continued even in spite of the decision and people still report as homeless. The problem will get worse. There are more...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: That was the Government's plan for €3.8 billion.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the 11,000 acquired units in Pillar 2 of the rebuilding Ireland action plan for housing and homelessness, detailing the types of acquisitions involved. [28708/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 10,000 long-term lease units which would be automatically owned by local authorities and approved housing bodies at the end of the lease term and those that will not automatically be owned by said bodies. [28709/16]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I am sharing time with Deputy McDonald. This Bill is a welcome addition to the work of the House because it tidies up a number of issues that have long been outstanding. These issues have been raised by Sinn Féin and others for many years. I wish to speak primarily about the provision relating to driving under the influence of drugs but I would first like to address the mutual...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Taxation.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Just when Deputy English was in full flow.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: This Private Members' debate is a chance for a good proportion of elected representatives in the House to vote on whether to fulfil one of their election promises. This motion could be the last chance to abolish water charges before Fianna Fáil decides it has spent enough time swinging on the fence and brings down the Government. This motion echoes the call from the majority of our...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: That is because-----

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: It can be.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: What the Minister of State has said is not factual.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: That was being done before Irish Water.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The Deputy could get a job in the circus as an acrobat.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (27 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the ministerial order for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, which was enacted on 30 December 2015. [26510/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Reports (27 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group of officials comprising senior representatives from his Department, local authorities and other relevant bodies to bring forward proposals for new urban regeneration measures chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy English, has met; and if so, the timeframe for publishing proposals on urban...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation in the case of a person (details supplied). [27022/16]