Results 4,341-4,360 of 4,676 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: I am sharing time with my party colleagues Deputies Cronin, Seán Crowe and Mythen. It is essential to have proper childcare services available because of the beneficial impacts they have throughout society. Childcare benefits everyone, even those who do not directly use or have a need for such services. In light of the negative impact a lack of childcare can have on parents,...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (7 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: The definition of dual diagnosis according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists is the coexistence of mental health and substance misuse problems, including both drugs and alcohol. Each of these disorders is both chronic and relapsing and each has an independent course capable of influencing the other disorder. It is recognised by many notable psychiatrists that it is quite unusual for an...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (7 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: For many years, the health services, particularly psychiatric services, have been struggling. Even before the pandemic, they were struggling. We were not recruiting staff although there was a commitment to do so. I have lost count over the years of the number of people who have been turned away from accident and emergency departments because of a dual diagnosis. In many cases, this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: Traveller Accommodation (28 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: The Traveller community faces many challenges and inequalities in employment, in education and in health in particular. Irish Travellers' level of access to healthcare and life expectancy estimates are shocking, with figures suggesting that Irish Travellers die 11 to 15 years earlier than members of the general population. The statistics relating to their mental health are strikingly worse...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: Traveller Accommodation (28 Apr 2022)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State. The Gavin family lives on the site in question. There are 16 in the family. This has been going on for over a year. I have met with everyone in Fingal County Council, including the CEO. They know the situation. They are getting themselves bogged down in a certain legal issue. At this stage, I honestly do not care about that legal issue. This is a matter...

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an mBille seo ó Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre. When we discuss a living wage, we are by extension talking about the conditions of many workers across the State. Hundreds of thousands of workers are on low pay and just about keeping their heads above the poverty line. Families face a daily struggle to make ends meet and many are living from...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: The journey so far on the provision of a national maternity hospital that has got to this point has been long and convoluted. It has become unnecessarily mired in controversy. The existing maternity hospital in Holles Street is not fit for purpose. The decision to relocate to a new site eight years ago that could offer patients improved modern facilities, as well as better care, was not...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: No.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (19 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: I dtús báire ba mhaith liom a rá leis an Aire go bhfuil an méid dul cinn atá déanta ag Gaelscoil Uí Earcáin i bhFionnghlas dochreidte ó bunaíodh í i Meán Fómhair 2005. Tá Gaeilge beo agus ag fás inti agus an-éileamh uirthi freisin. Gaelscoil Uí Earcáin on Bóthar Ghlas Naíon Road, Finglas...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (19 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: Táim an-bhuíoch den Aire as an bhfreagra sin, ach tá rud éigin ann nach bhfuil soiléir domsa. Luaigh sí go bhféadfadh sé a bheith cúig bliana sula gcuirfear tús leis an obair sin. The appointment of a project manager is a great move forward but I am worried about the timescale for organising the design team and moving on from there. I would...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: There has been a significant reduction in the number of landlords offering new tenancies as rental costs have surged. According to the RTB, rental costs for new tenancies have risen by an additional 9% since last year. With the large volume of landlords leaving the rental sector each year, there is an acute shortage of properties for those looking to rent. Not only is it hard to find a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of placements that are available for children diagnosed with autism for the catchment area of the SENO and for CHO9, respectively; the number of new placements that will be available for each catchment area for the new school term starting in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 3 to 5 years of age that were diagnosed with autism from 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27928/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 6 to 8 years of age that were diagnosed with autism from 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27929/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 9 to 12 years of age that were diagnosed with autism from 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (31 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are currently waiting to be allocated a wheelchair; the number of wheelchairs that are allocated each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27996/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (31 May 2022)

Dessie Ellis: 764. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of wheelchairs and other medical aids such as zimmer-frames, orthopaedic chairs issued to patients which are refurbished and reutilised in cases in which the person no longer requires their use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27997/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Dessie Ellis: Under the legislative programme, the Government proposes to bring forward a Bill to exempt children under 16 years of age from the inpatient charge when admitted as public inpatients. While this is welcome, there is also a commitment under Sláintecare, which was agreed by all parties, to abolish such charges for all who present as public inpatients. When will this Bill begin...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Dessie Ellis: A child who has special educational needs or has learning difficulties will need appropriate educational provisions and facilities to address those needs. Such assessments should also determine the educational setting he or she should attend. The child could have speech, language and communication needs or behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. He or she could have autistic...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (16 Jun 2022)

Dessie Ellis: The old iconic Ballymun shopping centre was the central hub of a thriving and vibrant community. It provided employment and was an important meeting and social gathering place for locals. Its redevelopment was central to the 1997 Ballymun regeneration plan. However, it became an eyesore and a monument to the largest failure of the regeneration project. The site's redevelopment was...