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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It is a simple question. Other countries are asking about a referendum on Irish unity. He should do so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It is a bit ridiculous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: That is something the Taoiseach should be pressing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: He already made his opinion known on that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Legislation is needed to deal with the illegal use of quad bikes and scramblers on streets and in parks. An Oireachtas committee was set up to address the issue and to make recommendations. This issue has been constantly raised at joint policing committees and in safety forum meetings that I attend. It is clear that it is an issue of significant concern to local communities. It is also...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The WHO has made it clear that the second most significant environmental cause of ill health is noise levels. It also says that there are 10,000 cases of premature deaths in Europe as a result and almost 20 million adults are affected. It also says that 8 million people suffer sleep disturbance. That, in itself, tells us the seriousness of the problem in dealing with noise. I am not...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Amendment No. 12, tabled by Deputy Munster, is similar to the amendment tabled by Deputy Clare Daly and others. This is an amendment replacing Fingal County Council with the Commission for Aviation Regulation. Fingal County Council is not an appropriate authority to carry out this function. It was chosen in a hurry because the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I come back to what the Minister said about the independence of Fingal County Council because he mentioned that it gets 8% of revenue. There is a lot going on at Dublin Airport. There is the new runway and more revenue will be coming in for Fingal County Council, so there is a vested interest for Fingal in terms of taking on board this job. People want to see independence. They want to...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 12:In page 7, line 8, to delete “FCC” and substitute “The Commission for Aviation Regulation”.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The Stardust Relatives and Victims Committee is once again protesting outside the gates of Leinster House. Today is the 38th anniversary of a most horrific tragedy which resulted in the deaths of 48 citizens. Families of the victims have been badly let down by this and previous Governments. There will never be closure until questions on what happened on that night are addressed properly....

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: This Bill, which Sinn Féin will be supporting, addresses a fundamentally unfair situation, which gives rise to people in managed estates being adversely penalised and which could be considered a form of second tax. The Sinn Féin position is that it would abolish the property tax. We made this clear in our alternative budget. The property tax is effectively a tax on family homes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take in view of the findings of the European committee on social rights that Ireland remains in violation of the European social charter on five grounds for Travellers by failing to redress insufficient provision and inadequate quality of Traveller accommodation, in legislation and practice and in...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It is hard to know where to begin with the failures of the Minister. Many have already been outlined in detail by my colleagues but I wonder if the Minister is paying attention to what people are saying. If his tweets this morning show anything it is the same old arrogance of this Government propped up by Fianna Fáil. The Minister tweeted "Bring it on" about a debate on a vote of no...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: -----to listen to what they say.In his arrogance, the Minister tried to manage the news around the catastrophic failure of the overspend on the national children's hospital.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister must not try to shut down debate throughout the country on the cost of this overspend to local communities.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: How dare the Taoiseach suggest that those who raise concerns and fears that health projects in their areas will be delayed or not go ahead are being unscrupulous or insincere. I am sincerely concerned that health projects in my constituency-----

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It was because of the incompetence of this Minister for Health. I will not stop raising concerns and I will not have the Taoiseach or his Minister accuse me of being unscrupulous for looking after the interests of my constituents.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: One after the other.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Will that take long?

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Fianna Fáil Deputies are the opportunists.