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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Regulation of Gas Industry: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: There are still a few questions that were not answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Regulation of Gas Industry: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I asked about the survey that was carried out by the Consumer Association of Ireland in 2011 about gas boiler sales. There were 27,500 sales among the main brands in 2011. Did the CER engage with Dermott Jewell to find out how he came to that conclusion? The witnesses said the CER had no evidence of the number of boilers. The other issue is that the RGII said it was not responsible for...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I have raised the issue of clamping in hospitals with the Minister previously. People in the Blanchardstown area have particular experience of it. Many people who have been to the hospital as patients or visitors and have had to stay longer than expected, perhaps because they were not in a position to leave, have come out of the hospital to find their cars clamped. This has happened quite...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister is saying this is about clamping and not whether vehicles are being clamped on private property, a matter that is for the hospital or whatever. One could almost say that the scope of this Bill covers the public and private sectors in the sense that the Minister is setting the rules for the private sector when it comes to clamping. Those in that sector could claim they were...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I would like to respond to the question put by the Minister. The good thing about Connolly Hospital is that it has a massive car park and that there is only one small section where a blockage might be created. There is a bus service to the hospital, but it is not that regular. If a person parked in front of the accident and emergency unit, some mechanism would be required to move that car,...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 2:In page 14, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“(v) any vehicle parked within the grounds of a hospital which could be removed without causing undue disruption to traffic, access or the work of emergency services,”.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 169. To ask the Taoiseach the population changes in the Ballymun area, Dublin, from 1997 to date in 2015. [7726/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 170. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the population in Ballymun, Dublin, that are lone parents; and the changes that have taken place since 1997. [7727/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the rates of lone parents' allowances for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [7728/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation of motor tax proceeds from 2008 to date in 2015; and the revenue received to date in 2015. [7729/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff losses from his Department in each year since 2007 in comparison to other Departments. [7730/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Yield (24 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the portion of the proceeds received from motor tax in 2015 that will go towards repairing roads and footpaths. [7729/15]

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille tábhachtach seo. It is the case, and has been for quite some time, that the family as understood by those who framed our Constitution and those who were at the helm of the State for decades is a faulty, outdated and ultimately useless idea which betrays more about the social conservatism of those who espouse it than it promotes healthy family...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (25 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the financial appraisal by Dublin City Council regarding the restarting of the regeneration of Dominic Street flats in Dublin 1; if he will provide urgent attention to these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8399/15]

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Government strategy to tackle the housing crisis, announced by the Minister, Deputy Kelly, at Christmas, is clearly failing. New families are reporting to homeless services every day. People are still sleeping rough and there is still no sign of a major house building programme. The Government promised to end homelessness by 2016 which is now an absolute pipedream. In the forthcoming...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Dessie Ellis: People come to my clinics every day reporting problems, in particular for families. Single individuals are being looked after to some degree, but the problem has reached epidemic proportions for families.

Topical Issue Debate: Seniors Alert Scheme (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: There is serious concern about the present plan to transfer the security alert scheme to Pobal. This scheme, by all accounts administered in an efficient and cost-efficient way through community and voluntary groups since 1996, has stood the test of time. There are hundreds of community and voluntary groups registered under it. There are approximately seven or eight companies as well as...

Topical Issue Debate: Seniors Alert Scheme (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I reiterate Deputy Ryan's point that this is an all-party request. We have received representations across the board from various people, including the people who avail of the service. Is the Minister of State aware that the companies currently engaged in this have collectively paid back more in VAT than the €2.3 million allocated to the scheme? The Minister of State has said this...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: This Bill has many shortcomings and is disappointing in many ways. The new system of allowing those returning to work from the jobseeker's or one-parent family payments to hold on to qualified child increases for 12 months will make a difference to those it applies to. The main purpose of this Bill is to provide for the back to work family dividend announced in budget 2015. This scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of the new social housing builds, and refurbishments, as well as the arrangements for additional units through social leasing, the rental accommodation scheme and housing assistance payments, as promised for 2015 in the Government's Housing Strategy 2020; and if he will provide...