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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Dec 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the cost to date of the Luas cross city project including the renting and staffing of the public office and the current estimated time for completion. [54260/13]

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I certainly welcome this amendment. There is no doubt this has been a problem over the years. Many people have complained about the mileage being adjusted on second-hand cars. There have been considerable improvements in recent years and it is now much harder to tamper with odometers. However, where there is a will do it, someone will find a way. If the word "mileage" is used instead of...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Is there a term which defines "mileage"?

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I, too, support the amendment in principle. Perhaps the Minister will clarify that this provision relates not to cars but to trailers attached thereto and so on and that, in the context of the promotion of car pooling, this provision will not be an issue.

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I, too, thank the Minister and his staff for all the information that has been passed to us and the way it has been handed over. It has made my job far easier. While we might disagree on small points, generally, this is a welcome Bill. It has hit many areas that have not been hit before, which is important. Ultimately, it is all about safety. The year thus far has started off rather...

Private Members' Business - Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Roddy Doyle wrote an amusing but scarily realistic characterisation of what a consultant is, and why the Government uses consultants, and shared it on a well-known social network today. If I can paraphrase it to avoid the expletives, it suggested that "a consultant", in the case of Irish Water, is just a nice way of describing someone brazen enough to charge €50 million for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose and duration of each of these consultancies or consultancy contracts; the names of the consultants or firms; if he will list architectural consultancies separately; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (16 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of any damage to social housing or during the recent severe weather spell that he has been notified of and the cost to repair any damage. [1836/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose and duration of each of these consultancies or consultancy contracts; the names of the consultants or firms; if he will list architectural consultancies separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, capital, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 May 2011 and 31 December 2013. [1912/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any damage to infrastructure during the recent severe weather spell that he has been notified of; and the cost to repair any damage. [1837/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to come in. I thank Ms Urwin and Ms Cadwallader for their contributions. I have met Ms Urwin many times. She is a Trojan worker. I do not know how she keeps it up because it is a huge task and a demanding one. I have not read Ms Cadwallader’s book yet but I hope to do so soon. I have been a republican all my life. I have been involved in the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: They have been sitting there for three days.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: That is not it. It is an unfair system.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: It is not a fair system.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: He is not in the public health care system.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: What about the submission from the Minister, Deputy Reilly?

Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister for Justice and Equality-----

Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: There is huge inconsistency in vehicle clamping throughout the country with different management companies and local authorities operating their own schemes. The regulation of vehicle immobilisation Bill will provide some consistency in the private clamping industry. When will this be published? I reiterate the question posed by my party leader regarding Margaretta D'Arcy.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to intervene. I acknowledge what was said about not interfering but in this case, on humanitarian grounds, will the Taoiseach please do that?