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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures carried out with respect to Covid-19 for travellers arriving at points of entry here, in particular for passengers that have arrived from the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16482/20]

Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Solidarity-People Before Profit for tabling this important Private Members' motion on the treatment of the Debenhams workers. Unfortunately there is a feeling of deja vu. We have been here before more than once, where the Dáil discussed very similar circumstances to those faced by the former employees of Debenhams. Not long ago, outrage was expressed in the Dáil about how...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: The programme for Government makes a commitment to enhance public transport. There was a commitment to metro north by this Government and previous Governments. Will the Tánaiste outline whether the plan to deliver the project will proceed? Has the target date changed and will funding be a problem? The benefits to the environment would be significant as it provides a vital link to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (23 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I raise the urgent need of a primary care centre for Finglas. As the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, may be aware, there has been a promise for a number of years to put in place a primary care centre for Finglas, which is also a top priority for the HSE. Some years ago, a previous application for a site for the centre failed. The location that has now been chosen and agreed is on a site...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (23 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am disappointed, however, that we have not been given any timescale. The site has been identified and a deal has been on the table with Dublin City Council which bought the land from the church. It is ready to go. I was concerned Covid was one of the reasons for the delay. However, we need to advance this. There is no point in continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Parks (23 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that facilities such as public toilets are open at public amenities such as parks and beaches in view of the fact that this is not the case at Dollymount Strand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17717/20]

Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)

Dessie Ellis: There is no doubt that the lockdown and the disruption to the education of children from preschool to secondary school will have had an impact of the capacity of those children to learn. The impact will be greater for children with special learning requirements and children who are marginalised or from vulnerable or disadvantaged sections of society. The fear is that the longer such...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: The reopening of schools across the country has been a nervous time for parents, pupils and the staff in schools. Covid-19 has brought many challenges to schools, which have a responsibility to protect both staff and pupils by providing a safe environment for all in school. Without diminishing the problems faced by other schools, I will refer to one school that has faced a particular...

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: Lockdown, cocooning and self-isolation have disproportionately affected the elderly during the pandemic. This has given rise to serious concerns regarding their mental health. For many of the elderly, especially those who live alone, their only social contact takes place outside the home. As a consequence of the pandemic, they are effectively cut off from any interaction with others in the...

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: The lockdown and restrictions put in place have affected many industries. The pandemic has hit the taxi industry particularly hard. Most taxi drivers have families to support and many have mortgages to pay and, of course, the usual household bills. As self-employed people they need an income to be able to do all of this. In addition, they still have to pay for their insurance, taxi...

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I know. Bhí an t-am an-chóngarach.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: The daily and nightly misuse of fireworks is a menace in our communities. Throughout the country and particularly in Dublin, there has been an unprecedented level of use. With Hallowe'en more than a month away and no sign of their use abating, I shudder to think what we are in for. There have been many cases of fireworks having been thrown at people, animals, cars, buses and shops,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I am well aware of Operation Tombola and the way it has worked, particularly in Finglas and Ballymun over the years. It has worked well and we have had very few incidents in recent years, but this is different. It has been going on for months, and the number and the strength of the bangers are unprecedented, as is what is happening in our communities. It may be that it is a result of Covid...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: Táim an-bhuíoch don Teachta Joan Collins as an rún seo a chur os comhair an Tí. Five months ago more than 1,000 Debenhams workers in 11 stores across the Republic of Ireland were told the company was going into liquidation and they were to lose their jobs. Rather than set aside funds to pay the workers a proper redundancy package, the company transferred assets to the UK...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: There has been an unprecedented increase in the use of illegal fireworks across communities in Dublin. In my constituency of Dublin North-West, we have been plagued by individuals letting off bangers and rockets on a continual basis during the day, in the evening and at night for nearly three months. People are at the end of their tether with these incessant and at times deafening daily...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current available supply of social and affordable housing; the number available in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (29 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 910. To ask the Minister for Health when the commencement of the building of the primary healthcare centre in Finglas on the site of the Church of the Annunciation will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26944/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (29 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 912. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the delay to the construction of the new children’s hospital due to Covid-19; the amount this delay and halting in construction added to the existing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26958/20]

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome this motion put forward by the Social Democrats. The issue of child poverty is something I have great interest in. As a parent, there is nothing that means more to me than the welfare of children. What parents does not want to do their best for their children? Who would not want to provide their children with a stable life in a caring environment? The reality is that many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2020)

Dessie Ellis: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the e-tendering process for quantity surveyors with regard to school construction projects; the quantity surveyors that were successful in the tendering process; the school projects for which their tenders were accepted from January 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27832/20]