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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of qualified staff, especially nurses, which impacts on the ability of children to attend certain schools, for example, in the case of a person (details supplied). [27287/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Ervia: Chairperson Designate (21 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Keohane for his presentation. There is no doubt he is very well qualified and has a long history of dealing with companies. There are a lot of challenges, particularly with regard to Irish Water. Mr. Keohane knows of the review that will take place and the challenges that will throw up, whatever way it goes. He could not have come in at a worse time, given there is going to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister. I ask the Chairman to bear with me if I touch on the first pillar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I will try to keep to the second and third pillars as much as I can. However, I wish to come back to the delivery of Part V provisions. I believe that when the Minister reintroduced the 10% requirement, it has been a big mistake. I do not believe it will deliver enough and I again ask the Minister to review that decision on Part V provision. No affordable scheme is in place although there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Local government funding has always been a major issue. When I was a member of a local authority, we were always fighting over it. I am aware that most of the local government funding comes from property and motor tax, with the Exchequer topping it up. With regard to the discretion that was given to local authorities to reduce it by 15%, local authorities should not be penalised as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Is it not frozen for the 2017-----

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if pre-2011 RAS tenants can be precluded from consideration for social housing where household income has changed. [24717/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (16 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 767. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the live register who are currently contracted to SEETEC; the hourly rate paid to SEETEC for providing assessment and training, per person, for the long-term unemployed; the types of training provided by SEETEC; the success rates of SEETEC to date; and the number of long-term unemployed persons who have gained employment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 1062. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding allocation for new wheelchairs in the Dublin North West area (details supplied). [24562/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (16 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 1817. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed cost of the Metro North, including a breakdown of the total; and the projected start date for this project. [25884/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 1815. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed date for the opening of the Phoenix Park tunnel; and the expected number of passengers who will use this facility. [25882/16]

Housing Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The launch yesterday of the Government's action plan falls well short of addressing the needs of families that are affected most by the housing crisis. There will be no solution to the housing crisis without a social aspect and there will be no solution without State intervention. The action plan for housing and homelessness launched yesterday is a case in point. There are some good...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The function of any government in a Western democracy is to provide for its citizens in a basic range of areas. Irish governments over the last ten years have failed at this in many regards, but none more so than in housing. The current crisis is years in the making but its origins lie in the decisions of the past and present governments not to get involved in building houses and to allow...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: -----purely to avoid any embarrassment or conflict with its partners in government in Fianna Fáil.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I do not think it is funny.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Fianna Fáil Deputies would want to think through what they are talking about.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Reductions in our housing stock are something we all have to be very careful of. We have an emergency and a housing crisis, and a further reduction in our housing stock is another problem that would come back to haunt us down the road.