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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: That is probably one of the things that would put a lot of people off at this stage. I know electric cars make sense for the environment and for people's health. Do the witnesses find it makes a difference to the quality of air and so on inside the car? Sometimes there is a kickback of fumes from the air conditioning in petrol cars. Is the electric car a much healthier environment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Are all the main manufacturers now making electric cars or is it just a select group? I have heard different names. Are they being manufactured across the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Mr. Carroll mentioned the winter period, where, I gather from what he said, the capacity cover in terms of distance is shorter because of the winter environment. That is a big issue in terms of selling this concept to people. Would snow conditions present a problem for electric vehicles?

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I understood I had 15 minutes. Will I be allowed to continue when the debate resumes tomorrow evening?

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom tacaíocht a thabhairt don ábhar seo. Tá géarchéim ann i dtaca le tithíocht agus aontaím leis an rún seo. I welcome the motion put forward by the Technical Group which raises the issues of housing, homelessness and unaffordable rents. I have stood in this House more times than I care to remember over the past...

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I wish to express my condolences to the families and loved ones of everyone who lost their lives in Paris as a result of the attacks last Friday night and to those who since succumbed to their injuries. I also send my well-wishes to all who were injured or traumatised by these despicable and brutal attacks. I hope for their recovery and that they might be able to return to their lives and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the impediment to local authorities borrowing for social housing construction still exists; if so, the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40552/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impediments to local authorities borrowing for social housing construction. [40553/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work completed to date in integrating various Government funded agencies such as the Health Service Executive, the Irish Wheelchair Association and others in relation to the provision of public transport, detailing resources provided and barriers to integration identified; and if the National Transport Authority has any target of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further integrate charities and community groups struggling with transport needs into transport co-ordination units; and if they will be available to assist these organisations. [40197/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the National Transport Authority abandoning the community bottom-up ethos of the rural transport programme; the provision there is for the voluntary boards to make choices that fit local needs; if there is no such provision, if he will provide an explanation for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the impact of the changes to the rural transport programme, such as the transfer of management to the National Transport Authority; and the details of any administrative savings that have been made, or any targeted savings. [40200/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of work to improve and ensure that the objective of social inclusion remains a primary role of the transport co-ordination units, as it was under the rural transport programme. [40202/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work completed to ensure the high standard of training and health and safety standards remains in the rural transport programme. [40203/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the removal of the procurement function of the rural transport programme from the transport co-ordination units, and its centralisation; and how this will affect the ability of the units to address specific local needs. [40204/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position and plans of the National Transport Authority to subsume the rural transport programme and the transport co-ordination units into local authority structures; and the rationale for this plan. [40205/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the value for money on the rural transport programme report which was completed in 2009 recommended that management of the programme be transferred to the National Transport Authority to achieve savings in the administration of the programme. [40199/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (17 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that the value for money recommendations indicated that the rural transport programme might benefit from being under the aegis of the National Transport Authority's responsibility, his views that its ethos and fundamental structures require change, in that it was only recommended that economies and skills on the supply side be...

Freedom of Movement (Common Travel Area) (Travel Documentation) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: On the face of it, this Bill makes sense. The requirement to present a passport for valid travel is one that has private origins within Ryanair. If the Irish and British Governments have negotiated and agreed a common travel area for British and Irish citizens, Ryanair, or any other group, should not have the right to ignore that. Irish citizens benefit when there is no requirement to use a...

Multi-Unit Developments (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome this positive and constructive Bill and commend the work of Deputy Catherine Murphy in this regard. I ask that the Government consider its focus. It is disappointing that the Bill is being opposed by the Government. Far too often the Government appears to view legislation from this side of the House as an excuse to practice its dissection skills. It sets out to pull apart...