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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (19 Nov 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Discrimination in schools that is not deemed to be positive discrimination is simply wrong and unacceptable. Is there any substantial evidence to show that this discrimination is necessary? It seems archaic and not in line with modern standards. If there is proper supporting evidence, can we see it? The Minister stated that he will send the evidence to us. Could it be sent to the Joint...

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome this Private Members' motion. I thank the Independents 4 Change group and Deputy Pringle for bringing up for debate in the Dáil this important issue. 9 o’clock I also welcome people in the Gallery from Independent Living Movement Ireland. There are thousands of people with a disability across Ireland and some are to be found in my constituency of Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Nov 2019)

Dessie Ellis: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a hip operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47291/19]

Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Dessie Ellis: While some progress is being made with regard to mental health services, it is a slow process and not something for which the Government should take credit. I thank Mental Health Reform and its CEO, Dr. Shari McDaid, who is moving on, for their tireless work in highlighting and pressurising the Government to act. 4 o’clock People, young and old, are talking more openly about...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Can the Taoiseach clarify whether the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Sport received a cross-agency working group report on the illegal use of quad bikes and scramblers? If such a report was received, or if it exists, the Minister, Deputy Ross, has suggested that the cross-agency group recommended that no further actions are needed. Can I be forwarded a copy of this report and the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The Government's five-year plan has been going on for four years at this stage.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2019)

Dessie Ellis: If the cap fits.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: That sounds like begrudgery.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It is.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: With its mates.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: We told the Government.

Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: I am glad of the opportunity to speak on a number of environmental issues that have had a significant impact on my constituency of Dublin North-West. In Finglas, we had the famous Dunsink tip head, which was in operation for more than 30 years. This was nearly ten years more than it had initially been licensed for. After much campaigning and lobbying by me and the great Finglas...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: May I come in on the same issue?

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Dublin North-West stretches across and includes Cabra and Whitehall. Most of those who go to these bingo halls, most of whom are elderly, do so to go out. I do not consider it a form of gambling; I just see it as a form of entertainment for most of them. My mother is not well but she used to do it. I seek clarity on the figure of €5,000 per week. My local soccer club holds a...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: It might.

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: For many in the rental sector, this is a very worrying time. Spiralling rents and decreasing numbers of rental properties are making them feel very vulnerable and not in control of their lives. Many who are in good, secure employment are facing the prospect of homelessness. Sinn Féin has been advocating a rent freeze for years. I called for such a freeze on a number of occasions when...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: The Taoiseach is going to hear more diatribe.

Section 39 Organisations: Motion [Private Members] (17 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na daoine sa Ghailearaí atá ag féachaint ar na rudaí atá ar siúl anseo. Tá mé an-bhuíoch go bhfuil deis agam mo thacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo, atá curtha chun cinn ag mo chomrádaí, an Teachta Ó Caoláin. I welcome the people in the Visitors Gallery and those watching...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire, gabhaim buíochas le gach duine a thug tacaíocht dom agus do mo pháirtí. Freisin, gabhaim buíochas le m’fhoireann a d'obair go crua mar gheall orm féin agus Sinn Féin. Congratulations, a Cheann Comhairle, on your election. It is wonderful for you and your family. I am honoured to be returned to the Dáil for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (13 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if medicinal cannabis can be provided here without the necessity of patients having to travel abroad to acquire the product; if so, the location it can be sourced; the requirements for acquiring same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4863/20]