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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I have a point about the overall picture on pyrite because we are dealing here with the private sector. When we look at local authorities and the amount of pyrite we are experiencing, I fear we have another problem having looked at an estate the other day. I first I encountered this going back to 2006 and 2007 at Avila Park in Finglas. I knew there was something very serious albeit I did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I spend much of my time dealing with Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council, as Mr. Flynn and Ms Geraghty will know. The staff have been fantastic, given the pressure they have been under, particularly those working in the homeless area. By and large, they have gone well beyond the call of duty when dealing with people, even at the last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I am conscious of that. This is my last question. I want to ask about the EU competitive dialogue procurement procedures, to which a representative of Cork County Council referred and who stated it should be rolled out more fully. She might expand on that and explain how it would work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Consultation will be important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Correct me if I am wrong, but having listened to the witnesses they seem to be saying that there is not enough money to reach the targets or that they could deliver so much if they had the funding. That tells me there is a major issue in terms of money. The Minister is saying he is providing the money but we need to be more ambitious in terms of saying we can deliver something if the...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Deputy Browne for introducing the Bill. I wish the Minister of State all the best in his new role. I really hope he makes a difference because there is scarcely a person in this House who has not been touched in some way by suicide. Scarcely any family has not experienced suicide or some form of mental health issues. The rate of suicide in this country, particularly among young...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (26 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to serious design flaws in the loading bays at the new Poolbeg incinerator (details supplied), and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35238/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: 701. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery. [35115/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Housing should be a right and not a privilege. The right to housing should apply to all those in need of housing and who qualify for it. The right applied in this manner should be applicable not just to families, but to individuals as well. We must also be aware that in today's society, the concept of family can be understood in a wider sense. This should be applied regardless of age,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Report: Dr. Mary Murphy and Dr. Rory Hearne, NUI Maynooth (20 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Dr. Hearne and Dr. Murphy for their contributions. We have been speaking of the points they raised for a long time. I believe, and we have always said, there should be a rights-based approach to housing and we totally agree that people should have a right to a home. Dr. Hearne gave some statistics about 2015 during which 65 social houses were built, and it is quite clear where this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Dublin Regional Homless Executive (20 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Those in receipt of HAP are obviously a combination of people who were on the rental accommodation scheme or in receipt of rent supplement. Some of them are in receipt of the homeless HAP. How many more extras will we get? A target of 15,000 tenancies has been mentioned and the Department has set up 12,000 to date. How many more extras has the target taken into account? In terms of...

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: And people to become homeless.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Fianna Fáil councillors on Dublin City Council voted for a reduction in property tax.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: Fianna Fáil councillors vote for reductions in property tax.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: What about Fianna Fáil councillors on Dublin City Council?

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: That is a joke.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I wish to raise the plight of dozens of families I am dealing with on housing alone on a weekly basis in my constituency. In the majority of cases, landlords are seeking repossession because they are supposedly selling their properties or they or a family member are moving back in. Assuming proper notice is served and the RTB is satisfied, tenants are left with no alternative but to seek...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. Everyone here, including the Minister, accepts that we need more social housing. It is important that we and the local authorities build more social housing in bigger quantities. We have seen applications for ten or 20 units. That is not going to solve the problem. There is almost the same amount of work involved in dealing with those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Dessie Ellis: It is only a matter of changing planning permission.