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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: ESB: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I want to ask a couple of questions about meters and cards. People in poorer areas request that meters be installed and they want to have a card. Is it intended to continue that process or has it come to an end? Sometimes the fee for reconnection following a disconnection is excessive. Some people struggle in that regard if they move into a new home and they have to reconnect the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: ESB: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I am thinking particularly of senior citizens. The ESB has a deal with the Government relating to fuel allowance. Does it contribute towards the allowance or is it compensated for it by the Government?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Barr for the presentation. It is very disappointing to hear that there are only 1,100 electric cars in Ireland. I always believed electric cars would take off. I know many have said it was down to the oil companies holding them back. Whether that is true or false is another story. I am not convinced of it myself. One of the things that might deter someone from getting an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: That is what I mean.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: If it takes half an hour to charge the car, for anyone going on a long journey that is nearly an hour gone one way and two hours both ways. That would be a bit of a deterrent. If a car breaks down and needs a charge, does the driver have a hand unit for doing a quick charge? Is there no such thing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: People can get petrol and walk back and put it into the car. Is there a quick method?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: That is probably one of the things that would put a lot of people off at this stage. I know electric cars make sense for the environment and for people's health. Do the witnesses find it makes a difference to the quality of air and so on inside the car? Sometimes there is a kickback of fumes from the air conditioning in petrol cars. Is the electric car a much healthier environment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: Are all the main manufacturers now making electric cars or is it just a select group? I have heard different names. Are they being manufactured across the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: Mr. Carroll mentioned the winter period, where, I gather from what he said, the capacity cover in terms of distance is shorter because of the winter environment. That is a big issue in terms of selling this concept to people. Would snow conditions present a problem for electric vehicles?
- Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: Mental health in Ireland is, thankfully, being increasingly discussed in an open and transparent way. For too many years there has been a stigma attached to mental health, which portrayed mental illness as a sign of personal weakness and a taboo subject within society in general. Mental health is not just the absence of mental illness but is in fact a level of mental well-being which equips...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 21:In page 18, line 9, to delete “30” and substitute “10”. We want to substitute ten for 30. I think that makes more sense as 30 people would be just too many.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 22:In page 18, line 30, to delete “30” and substitute “10”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 23:In page 18, line 36, to delete “A local authority chief executive” and substitute “The employees through an election”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 24:In page 18, line 38, to delete “, in the opinion of that chief executive,”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 25:In page 19, line 1, to delete “consider” and substitute “accept”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 26:In page 23, line 35, to delete “A local authority chief executive” and substitute “An Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 27:In page 24, line 10, after “Schedule 1,” to insert “subject to subsection (2),”.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 28:In page 24, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(2) In respect of Dun Laoghaire Harbour, the Minister shall with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, by order provide for—(a) The dissolution without winding up of the company, and (b) The transfer...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 31:In page 34, line 30, to delete “30” and substitute “10”.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)
Dessie Ellis: You wanted the process abandoned. That is what you wanted.