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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome the Bills. There are some issues on which we would not to be in agreement, particularly regarding the Anti-Evictions Bill, but by and large most of the recommendations are very solid. We talk about rent pressure zones and normalise this idea that there can be a 4% rise every two years. That has been the wrong road. People say it is working in some areas. We would have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Is Deputy O'Sullivan saying it would be done in every case, whether it involves rent supplement, HAP or even private tenancies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It does not matter if the tenancy relates to private rented accommodation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Yes, that is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their contributions. I have felt frustrated. The witnesses looked on everyone here as an enemy and spoke as if many of these Bills were designed to attack the Irish property owners and people renting. I do not see it that way. I do not necessarily agree with everything that is in these Bills. I would have problems with some areas. The way I see it we are trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I know that most of the RTB's dealings are between tenants and landlords and there is a proposal here around the receivers and the banks. How would the RTB see that sort of an engagement? I am curious how that would work and I can understand the reason for it being here because we are obviously encountering this more and more. Can the RTB fill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: There is a major problem in respect of the deposit being paid to a receiver as opposed to directly to the landlord. Is Ms Carroll saying that if that goes to the bank or some other second party, the tenant cannot pursue it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: We do not have an idea of how many landlords are not registered.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I doubt it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: There is ongoing concern about the privacy of women availing of abortion facilities, as well as the potential for intimidation of those who have made hard and difficult decisions to have an abortion. The Minister for Health has indicated that he will introduce a Bill to create safe zones around the facilities to provide an area where women will not be subjected to possible abuse,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (21 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 122. To ask the Minister for Health when a new primary care centre will be delivered for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for which land has already been identified; when funding will be available to build the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8810/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The Deputies should not fall out with each other.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The fomeless figures are going up.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had exploratory talks with associations (details supplied) regarding an all-Ireland soccer team in line with the practice of the all-Ireland rugby team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages changes to the plans for metro north; the timeline and dates which would include the period of the consultation process up to the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10985/19]

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Sinn Féin will be tabling an amendment to the motion. I commend Independents 4 Change on tabling this Private Members' motion. For many local communities, the drugs crisis has got progressively worse. Tragically, it does not seem to have the same priority on the political agenda as it once did. From the early 1980s until 1996, the State had effectively abdicated its responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of existing legislation in which a person using a motorised scooter uses it on a footpath; if this is not permissible under current legislation, the penalties in place for a person using the motorised scooter in such a manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11011/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of a centre (details supplied); if it is at full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the capacity of a centre (details supplied) to accommodate additional asylum seekers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (12 Mar 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final cost of a regeneration project in Ballymun, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12177/19]