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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I think the original thing with the Saturday was that people who were working in Dublin went home and were able to vote at home. I do not necessarily accept all of that but I think that was the idea at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: True enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I wanted to say one other thing on polling stations. When a person gets into the polling station to vote, they are supposed to have a private cubicle. None of them are wheelchair accessible. That is a point I have noticed over the past number of years. The polling station is said to be wheelchair accessible and wheelchair approved but my experience is that is not the case. That needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Dessie Ellis: We should have them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Between 2020 and 2022, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage had a €1 billion underspend in its capital budget. It missed its targets for delivering affordable housing. In his budget speech, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath, described housing as the biggest domestic challenge we face today, yet the Government decided it would not make housing the...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: What about your own? There have been objections in my area.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The housing crisis has reached an alarming level with significant implications for individuals and the economy as a whole. The underspend in the Department's capital budget between 2020 and 2022 and the missed targets for affordable housing delivery have only exacerbated this crisis. The Minister for Finance acknowledged, as did the Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government, that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is the intention to continue with the refurbishment of a school (details supplied), with a view to modernising the school or if it is her Department's intention to build alongside the old school a new school to replace it; if she will clarify what her Department's plans for this school are; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the guests. Listening to them, I learned about the problems we face regarding the employment of people with disabilities, including self-employment and entrepreneurship. All the challenges faced are massive. Various challenges are faced depending on a person's disability. Ignorance is an awful problem when it comes to dealing with people or Departments. I am very sure a certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Most people use the partnerships or SOLAS as a way in when starting a business and accessing training. I am just not clear how that ties in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their input. I will probably end up going back over a few things. The Mental Health Commission carries out an annual review of mental health services in the State. That includes the lack of emergency services and out-of-service care and, as was said, difficulties in primary care. Does the commission cover manning levels and recruitment? I am curious as to whether...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The tragedy that is Gaza's Nakba is being played out for all to see. The atrocities that are being committed by Israel in Gaza are being done with the full knowledge that the world is watching. Gaza has a population of 2.3 million, half of whom are children, in an area that is half the size of County Louth, the smallest county in Ireland. Thousands of them have already been killed by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the atropine 0.01% eye drops, under trial since prior to 2021; to confirm if the trial will be concluded in January 2024, as outlined in a letter to a person (details supplied) from the Head of Pharmacy Function, HSE, as these drops have proven very effective for the daughter of the person; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their contributions. We had the Ombudsman for Children's Office before us last week, and we have the HSE and Tusla in this week. The issue that I kept on thinking about was the role of public representatives when it comes to, as I have experienced, making complaints regarding abuse and different things going on in a house. I recall making a complaint to the HSE over a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: There is a crisis in areas like Finglas and Ballymun with regard to the availability of places in preschools and crèches. Finglas has expanded greatly over recent years but no thought appears to have been given to a corresponding expansion in the number of crèche and preschool places. Preschools and crèches face significant challenge in trying to meet the needs of services...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State very much. Preschools are education facilities. They are no different from primary and secondary schools. Responsibility for them needs to be moved to the Department of Education and they needed to funded as education facilities with proper salary scales. For these people to be paid €20,000 less than a comparable person working in primary or secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a kitchen will be considered for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (21 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Citizen’s Advice centres in Dublin; the numbers employed in each centre and the grade of each employee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50966/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their input. I have read the different reports and the first thing that occurs to me is that many people who have disabilities are unaware of their rights, which is a big problem. Disabled parents are more at risk of losing custody of their children than anyone else, with removal rates as high as 80% in some cases. What barriers do people with disabilities who are...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The attack on schoolchildren and a member of staff in Parnell Square last Thursday was a horrific event. My thoughts are with the injured children and the member of staff who was injured while protecting the children. I commend those who prevented a much greater tragedy from occurring and thank the Garda and emergency services for preventing greater destruction in our city. This terrible...