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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Network (16 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: No, I was not suggesting I supported it. I was asking whether there was merit in considering it or giving consideration to improving the outer ring roads in a way that would alleviate the pressure. Everything appears to converge on the M50, with traffic travelling north, south and east, which is hard to understand. However, I agree with the Minister on one point, which is that public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Network (16 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the increasing capacity problems on the M50 and the need for a proposed additional ring road to deal with the high demand by motorists. [45431/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Network (16 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Will the Minister outline his plans for addressing the increasing capacity problems on the M50 and the need for a proposed additional ring-road to deal with the high demand from motorists? The idea of an outer ring road has been on the table for many years and I want to hear the Minister's views on this. He was a member of Dublin City Council, where we had many presentations over the years....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Network (16 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I acknowledge that it is only five years since the major upgrade, when the road was widened and various junctions were tackled. This cost more than €1 billion. However, it is quite clear that some of the measures being proposed will not be sufficient in the long term. The Minister is talking about lowering speed limits and the possibility of tolling at various off-shoots of the M50....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will install a tunnel or bridge at the Pelletstown and Ashtown rail crossing to deal with the major traffic problems it is creating. [45001/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (16 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the effort he has made to make public transport services more affordable, given regular increases in fares over the past five years, even for those using prepaid and Leap options. [45005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the use of electric vehicles, given the very low take-up of such vehicles by public, commercial and transport interests. [45003/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 395. To ask the Minister for Health to justify the exorbitant costs paid to private nursing homes and the measures that are put in place to prevent private nursing homes from adding extra costs that are driving the families of those in care into poverty (details supplied). [44846/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on housing waiting lists an why he is not aware of the level of housing need [45124/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Donegal. [45125/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Galway. [45126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Mayo. [45127/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 583. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting for list County Sligo. [45128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Leitrim. [45129/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Roscommon. [45130/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (15 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government what the Dublin Docklands Development Authority is doing, as owner of the Longboat Quay common areas, to ensure that the cost for the Longboat Quay fire safety works are urgently addressed, so works can commence on fire safety [45162/15]

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It is emissions from the Tánaiste.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Plans are being worked out on the harmonisation of penalty points between North and South of our country. An agreement between the UK and here on how this should be implemented is at an advanced stage. The road traffic Bill 2015 is intended to address this. When will it be introduced? Will it be before the Government gives way over the next while?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister. Regarding cross-Border co-operation on penalty points and signage, do we make the argument for the northern part of the island on the co-ordination of points? Could the Minister clarify if other countries have similar problems? How do those countries with similar close proximity borders address the cross-border nature of these issues? Is this State pressing home the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (8 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing unit builds completed by county in 2015 to date, in tabular form. [44193/15]