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Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: I specifically asked about agency workers and the Minister of State did not give me an answer. Those workers are carers and, as far as I am concerned, are at the front line. As the vaccination programme progresses, does the Minister of State anticipate that families will be able to visit their loved ones in nursing homes, contingent on all parties concerned being vaccinated? This matter...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: On the same subject, the programme for Government includes an undertaking to look at putting caps on parking fees in public hospitals for patients, their families and visitors. Will the Government not consider abolishing such charges altogether? People are frustrated and find it very unjust-----

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: We are being given a once in a generation opportunity to preserve what is one of the most important historical sites of modern Irish history. For too long in our recent past, bad planning, disastrous development decisions and a disregard for our heritage lost us forever the Viking site at Wood Quay, the Georgian facades of St. Stephen's Green, the Metropolitan Theatre, and more recently the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (24 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 58 apartments have been idle since their construction almost 15 years ago (details supplied); when these vacant properties will be allocated to those on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (24 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing security on a site (details supplied) that has been vacant since construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (24 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected cost of the 58 apartments that have been idle since construction in 2005 in an area (details supplied) including the cost being paid to the receivers by Dublin City Dublin Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14923/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 903. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to put ASD units in primary or post-primary schools in Ballymun, Dublin 11 in the near future; the number of children with a Ballymun address on the waiting list for a placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15140/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 904. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on waiting lists for placements in ASD units from an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15141/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms in place to inform persons whose attendance at court is requested that the courts are closed as a consequence of Covid restrictions given persons are currently being requested to attend court without being notified of the court's closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if those who have particular underlying conditions which make them more vulnerable to the potential side effects of certain Covid vaccines, for example those who require blood-thinning medication, those who have hypertension and so on, can be offered the option of being vaccinated with another vaccine which does not give rise to those side effects; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources required for an ASD unit to be put in place at a school; the resources that can be provided to the school by the NCSE; the additional resources the school must provide from its current funding sources; if there are other funding sources to assist the school to provide ASD units; the reason that may be given by a school that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to work with primary or post-primary schools in Ballymun, Dublin 11, to assist in providing ASD units for children in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Apr 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €7,746,404 payment (details supplied) made by Dublin City Council to the receivers with regard to the vacant 58 units at Prospect Hill, Finglas in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17924/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Apr 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the payments totalling €7,746,404 made by Dublin City Council to the receiver for the 58 vacant units at Prospect Hill, Finglas includes the potential or projected costs of the refurbishment of any or all of the individual units; if the figure does not include such costs, the projected costs to Dublin City Council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their presentations and for the hard work done. It is very important. It struck me when listening that, according to the ESRI, there is terrible discrimination against women in the Traveller community. They tend to lose out an awful lot. Very many women Travellers are not in employment because of the way they were brought up. In many cases, they tend to be in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Apr 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 861. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff currently working in the passport section; if staff from the passport section have been redeployed to other Departments during the current level 5 lockdown; if so, their role in those Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19512/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Apr 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the detox ten-bed unit in St. Michael’s Ward, Beaumont Hospital is currently closed; the status of the unit; when it will reopen as a detox unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20961/21]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Dessie Ellis: The shocking closure of addiction services such as St. Michael's ward in Beaumont Hospital and the services in Keltoi Rehabilitation Unit in the Phoenix Park is an absolute indictment. They were closed down in the middle of an epidemic. The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021 is designed to correct potential anomalies resulting from a ruling of the Supreme Court on the sentencing of...

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome this motion on a proposal for a national autism empowerment strategy, which I am happy to support. My constituency of Dublin North-West has a high number of children and young people with autism but a severe lack of services, resources and school places. The situation is acute at both primary and secondary level. The Sinn Féin team in Dublin North-West and I are in contact...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (5 May 2021)

Dessie Ellis: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 58 apartments have lain idle since their construction almost 15 years ago at Prospect Hill, Finglas (details supplied); when these vacant properties will be allocated to those on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13094/21]