Results 421-440 of 4,676 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times he has met with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to discuss the funding of the construction of the National Children's Detention Facility, Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin; if he will provide an update on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37918/11]

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which construction work will begin on construction of the National Children's Detention Facility, Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin; the date on which the facility will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37917/11]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (6 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: In recent months, the abolition of the scrappage scheme has resulted in a decline in the number of new cars coming on the roads. This measure is another disincentive to people to buy new cars or to acquire environmentally friendly cars. This measure will cost jobs. Garages nationwide have been promoting cars with low CO2 emissions to ensure that people bought them. Consequently, this will...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Last week in Buswells Hotel we met representatives of road haulage firms. They outlined a number of areas which they feared would have a significant impact on their industry, one being a carbon tax increase. They outlined a number of areas where money could be chased, with one being diesel laundering where there is much money being lost to the State. Another idea was to use a new method to...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: The working people.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle indicated-----

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: It was a gentleman's agreement.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: I will do my best. I am baffled by the Tánaiste's approach. Not that long ago a 9% VAT rate was introduced to help restaurants and the tourism industry. The Tánaiste has stated this rate has worked. By and large, the industry has improved and more people are eating in restaurants. In that light, I cannot understand why we would add 2% to the VAT rate, given that it will hit people who...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on development contribution schemes relating to lapsed or abandoned capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38577/11]

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Thanks very much.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: The Government gave the rest to the banks.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: This is meant to be a speech on the budget.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Tá sé deacair a thuiscint na ciorruithe atá sa bhuiséad seo, go háirithe na hionsaithe ar dhaoine bochta agus ar dhaoine atá ag streachailt. There are few things that public representatives who seek to give leadership to their communities must always strive to avoid - they must avoid being callous, lazy or inconsiderate. The Government in this budget has shown it has forgotten these...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: The country is bankrupt and we know it.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Tá na ciorruithe sa bhuiséad seo ag cur isteach ar na daoine is boichte sa sochaí seo. Tá sé deacair a thuiscint go bhfuil lámh ag Páirtí an Lucht Oibre iontu, mar tá cuma ar an scéal go bhfuil na ciorruithe cumtha ag Fine Gael. Most people will judge this budget over the next couple of weeks and by then they will have seen the effects and bones of what it means to them. We should...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: What was there before it?

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Sinn Féin is obliged to administer-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Does this mean the Minister is withdrawing the proposals contained in her document-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: ----- of a cut from €1,500 to €500?

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister should address this issue and not throw it to another Department.