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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (26 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the case of the Gallery Quay development, given that Túath Housing is a voluntary housing agency and the defective works and repairs required are not of Tuath's making, if he will underwrite the legal costs required to resolve the issues. [27660/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (26 Jun 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has seen an estimate of the cost of repairs required to the defects in the Gallery Quay development. [27661/14]

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The mental health services of this State are in danger of "stagnating and moving backwards" claims the Mental Health Commission in its latest report. That stagnation has already taken place and mental health care is deteriorating. Like many of the vital services which cater for the most vulnerable in our society the mental health services were given a bit of a tidy up during the Celtic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (2 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons on the housing waiting list for Westmeath County Council area broken down by the number of single applicants and families on the list; and the number that have been waiting in excess of two, five and ten years, respectively, to be housed. [28698/14]

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Will the chief executive have a fixed-period contract? It is unclear. Will the person hold a five-year contract that will be automatically continued with the consent of the Minister?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Can it only be renewed once?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I too have serious concerns about this Bill. It is one thing to deal with the different entities in Shannon, but in this Bill we are dealing with significant issues that will affect the pensions of employees as well as the deferred members of the pension scheme. While the issues are interconnected, I believe they are so serious that they should have been considered separately instead of...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I have tabled amendment No. 7 which deals with the appeals mechanism but particularly deferred members because there is a fear that any restructuring arrangement will impact disproportionately on them. It also seeks to have such an appeals mechanism established by regulations that would outline the manner by which representatives of deferred members would be selected and recognised for the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: There is confusion. Although we should have discussed amendments Nos. 8 and 9 with the other amendments, somehow we neglected to do so.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 9: In page 31, after line 42, to insert the following:“35.The Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 is amended by inserting a new section 32A as follows:“32A.(1) A healthy company or companies under section 32 shall not be allowed to close its pension scheme except where the scheme has reached a minimum 90 per cent funding standard. (2) For the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: We were all caught up in the argument over pensions and deferred pensions. I elaborated on how a healthy company should be defined. Companies should not be allowed to close their pension schemes. Certain standards should be in place. In this case we are specifying a standard of 90% funding, which is reasonable. In section 2, I defined a healthy company as one which has positive net...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Existing legislation deals with minors who use lasers and so on. Does the age have to be defined in this case? Young kids aim lasers at aeroplanes. Is it necessary to specify that somebody must be of a certain age?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: But 14 or 15 year olds could be doing it deliberately or recklessly.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Is there a necessity to state this applies to people of a certain age?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: No, but, in theory, this provision could apply to a minor.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: It would be harsh.

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The free travel pass introduced in 1967 was an important step in providing services for older retired people. It was a great success and garnered much political support for both Charlie Haughey, the then Minister for Finance, and the Fianna Fáil Party. To their credit, it provided retired people who were often isolated and financially unable to access private transport, with a route to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on the regeneration of Ballymun; if he will provide a breakdown of that spending; and the sum expected to be spent in total when the regeneration project finishes. [29136/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (8 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is not being allowed to change the name on their taxi plate due to new regulations on transfers despite the fact that they purchased the plate before these regulations came into force. [29421/14]

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 3:In page 28, to delete lines 20 to 38, to delete pages 29 and 30, and in page 31, to delete lines 1 to 33.I support the creation of a new scheme, as proposed by Deputy Clare Daly, and the transfer of existing schemes to the new scheme to protect their conditions and standing, including the conditions of deferred members who have not even started to receive a pension....