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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I remember it well.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Put up another argument.

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Since the taxi industry review and the announcement of a host of reforms and new regulations, a number of problems have arisen for drivers trying to make a living and operate within the law. Some of these problems were not obviously going to arise but some were fairly clearly going to come up and taxi drivers were telling us this from the word go. Some of these issues have again been...

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister keeps kicking to touch to the NTA and saying that it lays the rules but it was pointed out to the review group that this would cause problems. I do not see why there is a problem in allowing people to have decals that can be taken away and put aside instead of permanently having them on the vehicle. A big issue is burglary and theft from vehicles and taxis are a major target....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of those on local authority housing waiting lists in Waterford city and county, from 2009 to 2015. [16041/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons deemed to be in overcrowded accommodation in Waterford city and county, from 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [16042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who currently have allocated medical points in Waterford city and county. [16184/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new housing units built in Waterford city and county in each year from 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; his plans to build new units specially in 2015. [16043/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (23 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by county, a breakdown of the number of units to be delivered through the rental accommodation scheme and social leasing as part of the Government housing strategy by the end of 2017. [16044/15]

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Cuirim fáilte roimh an reachtaíocht seo. We support this motion and welcome any moves to discuss solutions for families struggling with distressed mortgages and desperately fighting to keep a roof over their heads. One crucial support for distressed mortgage holders is the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS. The need for such a service is not quantifiable, and many of those...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (28 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding temporary exemption from the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the gap in services for older persons left, after the re-assigning of a project worker of 13 years' service to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 under Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, so that the worker can no longer work with elderly persons as has been the case up until now. [16492/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to avoid industrial action in public transport companies, particularly Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, due to plans to tender 10% of routes. [16846/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I wish to ask the Minister about his plans to avoid industrial action in the public transport companies, in particular, in Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann. Has he any plans to address this and to avoid any actions that may take place?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It is clear the Minister may not see a problem but certainly Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann workers and the unions see a problem coming down the road. They believe that this is a drive to privatisation. I, too, believe it is a drive to privatisation. This is at a time when the number of people using the services of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann has increased substantially and now we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister always blames the NTA, which is the regulator. Does the Minister not have influence in this situation? Privatisation is an ideology that is driven by his own party, Fine Gael. That is the problem. Even at this late hour, will the Minister intervene or even talk to the unions and not remain at arm's length in his dealings? Will he ask the unions to talk to him? Will he...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The spring economic statement may have been heralded from on high by this Government but in reality it was all whimper and no bang. The announcement amounted to telling us that through mostly external conditions economic indicators had improved over the last several years and that the prospects were good for a Government hoping to buy the votes of the electorate in 2016 with promises they...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has carried out any review with Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to develop projections of the amount by which the Government subsidy to Coras Iompair Éireann will be cut, following the privatisation of a portion of public service obligation routes in the future. [16512/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to work with public transport companies to help stamp out racism on their services. [16511/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (29 Apr 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve data protection for taxi drivers and their licences in order to make it harder for criminals to clone licences or to access sensitive details on drivers, which may be exploited. [16510/15]