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Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)

Dessie Ellis: For now.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The same promises were made to Spanish workers and they were let down the same way.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Dessie Ellis: How much does he get?

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Dessie Ellis: As a Teller, I seek a vote by other than electronic means so as to give Government colleagues in the Labour Party and Fine Gael an opportunity to examine their consciences and what they are doing to the country.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 774. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend, or mainstream, the CARE programme of alcohol treatment service, which is piloting in Finglas, Ballymun, Dublin 11 and North County Dublin, and has proved to be very successful and cost efficient, but is set to conclude in June 2015 [21903/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (9 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 1068. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to the banning of hard flooring such as tiles and laminate floor covering in apartments, due to the transfer of noise and sound between apartment dwellings. [22045/15]

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It is you who are the same.

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: With this Bill, Sinn Féin and Deputy Pearse Doherty are asking for nothing more than for the Government to do what it said it would: to act forcefully and decisively with banks to protect the public and, among them, the homeowners who bailed out these banks. In truth, the steps contained in the Bill would only be a small but important move towards making that commitment a reality. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Citizens Information Board: Chairperson Designate (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. There is no doubt that even since Christmas and following the death of Jonathan Corrie that this situation has got increasingly worse. The number who are homeless has nearly doubled and it is mainly families who now find themselves in this situation. I attended emergency meeting after emergency meeting at Christmas and we brought onstream...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I am coming to my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I need to elaborate on the issue before I pose my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I understand that but I am very frustrated about this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: People who were in receipt of rental supplement will now be in receipt of a housing assistance payment. No new people will be in receipt of such a payment and that is another problem. The introduction of the HAP initiative was part of the Government's policy to improve the position, but that has not happened and we are barely holding on to what we have in place. Moving on to my questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: What is the Department's expenditure on rent supplement and on the rental accommodation scheme? The last figure we heard for the number of people in receipt of rent supplement was 78,000 but that figure has decreased to 71,000. That indicates that 7,000 of that initial number are no longer in receipt of that supplement. Some of those people are now in receipt of a housing assistance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I will leave it at that as I would have a million questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I hope I will get answers to some of my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It is a lot more complicated than that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Many speakers today stated that the market sets rent levels. The problem is that when there is insufficient housing stock, house prices continue to rise and so, too, does the cost of rent. We need to find a way to control the market. In other words, we must ensure rents are not increased by any more than the cost of inflation. We will be continually faced with crises in this area if that...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (16 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Tá 30 nóiméad agam, ach táim ag roinnt mo chuid ama leis an Teachta Michael Colreavy.