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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (19 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the continued closure of the waiting rooms at Newbridge train station, County Kildare, for a number of years, given that it is a very busy station and is regularly used by persons travelling to seek hospital services in the Dublin area. [2229/16]

Public Transport Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I too wish the Minister all the best in the forthcoming general election. I also thank the officials for their help, guidance and information. There have been massive improvements in road safety in recent years. The legislation passed during my time in this Dáil and in the Minister’s term has been very positive. There is more to come. For example, drug testing is a big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I am grateful for the presentation. It is heartening to see that the number of passengers has increased by 700,000. Do we have a target for how much we want to increase those numbers? It was stated that there was a loss in 2015 but the numbers are increasing. Where will the 116 new vehicles be concentrated? While they are all wheelchair accessible, how does it leave the fleet in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: In regard to the routes in the Waterford area that are being put out to tender and which are supposed to be 100% of the Bus Éireann routes, does the National Transport Authority propose to tender for some of the routes or will the tender process be confined to private operators?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: How many emigrated?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Tell that to the people.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I hope the Tánaiste is not addressing that to homeless people.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The Tánaiste is demoralising them.

Topical Issue Debate: Property Tax Rate (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: After much campaigning on the plight of the residents of Longboat Quay, it was thought that they had at least achieved some respite when the Revenue Commissioners wrote to them accepting valuations in the lowest band for their local property tax, or LPT, liability. Last week, however, they were shocked to receive letters from Revenue reversing this decision. Can the Minister for Finance...

Topical Issue Debate: Property Tax Rate (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: I accept that the LPT was set in May 2013, but that valuation was high and many of the residents in Longboat Quay did not fully understand the problems or know what was about to happen. A large number of them are in a serious situation, have needed to spend money and are going through the inconvenience caused by what has happened at the estate, but the Minister is sticking by the mantra that...

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: Our amendment No. 1 reads as follows:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that:- there are more than 1,600 children and up to 780 families in emergency accommodation; - placing families and children in hotel rooms rather than proper accommodation is totally unacceptable; - the Government failure to build significant social housing has led...

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The 20,000 homes were heralded almost as if they were part of a misleadingly titled social housing strategy.

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: These homes are not intended to be social housing or part of any defined affordable housing scheme.

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The plan is simply for the National Asset Management Agency to be supported in building housing to profit bailed-out developers. Given the way in which NAMA has operated, these properties could easily be snapped up by a major real estate investment trust, REIT, at a cheap price in order that the public can be screwed even more. In the past five years, we were told again and again that NAMA...

Social Housing: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister knows well it is true. His friends in Fine Gael overruled him on the issue. With such puny housing construction figures, tenants can expect equally exorbitant rent increases when their next rent review takes place. Rent controls and certainty are the only solution to the housing emergency, which should have been tackled in 2013 at the latest. Allowing the Private...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 305. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was denied a medical card. [2844/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the incremental closure of mental health services in the Drumcondra, Clontarf and Ballymun areas, Dublin, and the centralisation of services at the day centre on the North Circular Road, Dublin 7, including the winding down of the Tús Nua centre to just one day per week; the impact this will have on local service users, their families...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide figures for the potential additional costs on the Exchequer if his Department were to transfer operation of the Luas to Coras Iompair Éireann at the end of the current contract with Transdev. [3030/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State funding including capital investment packages received by Transdev or any of its subsidiaries for the operation of the Luas in each of the years since its launch in 2004. [3031/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (26 Jan 2016)

Dessie Ellis: 502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the problems Bus Éireann drivers are experiencing with icy roads, particularly in County Westmeath; and his plans to ensure a consistent road gritting policy across local authority areas. [3046/16]