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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the average rental income for a local authority house by county. [26025/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 623. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total rents received by local authorities for social housing in 2014; and the amount owed in outstanding arrears for that year. [26026/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 624. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the planned capital expenditure in each year up to 2020 for social housing build through local authorities. [26027/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 627. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the social housing targets issued to local authorities by his Department for the period 2015 to 2017, detailing the total number of units to be delivered by each council and the breakdown of these units by construction and acquisition, social housing current expenditure programme and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 640. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to fund Traveller specific accommodation in the years 2015 to 2020 respectively; and if he will provide details of the allocation of this funding. [26347/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 641. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average cost of the delivery of a unit of Traveller specific housing. [26348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 642. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the draw-down by local authorities of funding for Traveller accommodation; and the steps he will take to discourage failure to use this funding, as has happened in previous years. [26349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of National Asset Management Agency housing units in north Kildare detailing where houses and apartments are, and their current status. [26383/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 647. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of National Asset Management Agency units for social housing; the number that have been delivered or are in the process of coming on stream; the location; and if they are to be leased or purchased by local authorities. [26384/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the Tuam to Athenry railway line in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25882/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 702. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is required to maintain a national car test for a vehicle which has been declared off-the-road; his plans to change this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Jun 2015)

Dessie Ellis: 703. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the plans to remove the taxi rank from O'Connell Street in Dublin 1 for the duration of works relating to the Luas cross city project; his plans to ensure continued access to taxis in the area, given his Department's responsibility for the Luas works and the need for taxi access on Dublin's main thoroughfare. [26343/15]

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: They want bread on the table.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: A white flag.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 1:In page 4, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“(a) has due regard to Ireland’s human rights obligations to guarantee the right to just and favourable remuneration,”. Under this section, the commission is instructed by the legislation to make a recommendation to the Minister regarding the national minimum wage which has regard to a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I do not disagree with the Minister of State in terms of workers' rights and he wants to see fair treatment there. However, there are certain things that we need to be very clear on in guaranteeing rights, which this amendment does. I will press this amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 2:In page 4, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“10BA.The Commission in the performance of the functions assigned to it by section 10C shall forward recommendations to the Minister regarding low pay that—(a) reduces the incidence of low pay, (b) considers access to public services, (c) takes into account the standard of living, general wage...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I refer to my amendments. Will the grouped amendments be taken in sequence? I want to speak to a good number of them. We have moved on to a discussion of amendment No. 4.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: May I discuss them at random?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Amendment No. 4 does not make any sense, in my view. It would appear that it proposes a separate minimum hourly pay for young people and women. This is not a proposal we could support. We deal with income disparity between men and women in one of our amendments. I do not agree with separate provisions for men and women. I refer to amendment No. 3 which proposes to insert an hourly...