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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Testing (19 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the practice of An Garda Síochána to test drivers involved in accidents for the presence of alcohol or illegal drugs at all accidents at which gardaí are present; the number of those tested to date; the number that tested positive for the presence of illegal drugs or alcohol; the number not tested for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (19 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: 502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans with regard to the regulation of rickshaws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26654/18]

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: The numbers on waiting lists are at their highest since records began. An astonishing 707,000 patients are waiting for treatment. Repeated comparisons of healthcare waiting times with those in other OECD countries show that there is very significant scope for improvement in Ireland. An example at which we could look is the Portuguese IT model which has led to significant reductions in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: 203. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the inequity of funding for family resource centres and that the Ballymun Child and Family Resource Centre receives less funding than the 11 new centres recently brought into the programme; if this anomaly in funding will be corrected; the reason this disparity in funding exists; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: First, I would also like to raise concerns about the homeless figures and people being taken off the list, although Deputy Ó Broin has outlined that and I will not go into it further. It is not right and there are many anomalies within it. There are 9,652 on the homeless list for April, 3,689 of whom are children. The length of time people are homeless, whether in a hotel, a bed and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: I did not say that HAP has no advantages. Rather, I was pointing to and emphasising the economics of it. I know there are some advantages to HAP, such as people being able to work. Before 2011, when I was a councillor, rent supplement cost significantly less than €300 million. The HAP, rental accommodation scheme, RAS and rent supplement now cost over €500 million, although...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: What about the Ires and Hampton Wood? We need to be more proactive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister did not answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: He did not answer the question when I spoke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: No, I am sorry. I thought we were at the point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: In regard to Hampton Wood, that experience is being repeated elsewhere: companies such as Ires are buying large quantities of new housing and are advertising that they will give 130 units for HAP. The council has taken 50. I spoke to Brendan Kenny. He is looking for more. We are missing an opportunity. From an economic point of view it would be better if we bought those 50 and put them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: Fair enough. I do not want to see anyone lose out on a home. At least they are coming into HAP. I want to know why we cannot get them and be more proactive. This is happening elsewhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: Fair enough but we are not doing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: It has been answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: I am caught between saying I do not like what is being done by HAP because I understand we have to get people into housing and if HAP is one of the mechanisms we have now we are stuck with it. I am not happy with it. I hear people say we are illiterate when it comes to economics but from an economic point of view it does not make sense.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: As the Minister of State, Deputy English, knows, we have a major housing crisis with almost 9,652 men, women and children homeless, of whom 3,689 are children. These figures exclude the contentious number of people who have been removed from the homeless list. Latest figures also show that there are 763 families in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation. Some of these families have had...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: I accept that there are occasions when there are events and people end up homeless. This special occasion, however, will bring hundreds of thousands of people into Dublin. Its impact will be exceptional. While the Minister of State says he has 30 extra beds and a few extra hubs that will not be sufficient if several hundred people will be put out of hotels. We have to have a real plan...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: I am not accusing the Minister of that.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (27 Jun 2018)

Dessie Ellis: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mechanism for registering a property; the person or body with responsibility for ensuring that all properties are registered; the steps or sanctions taken if a company or person fails to register a property; the steps that are taken to ensure that companies that are resident abroad are compliant with the relevant...