Results 481-500 of 4,698 for speaker:Dessie Ellis
- Taxi Regulation (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: I am pleased to learn the report has been completed. The Minister of State should study it as quickly as possible before making its contents available to Members. While I made one submission on behalf of my party, many good submissions were made by others. Many taxi drivers feel under pressure and must be reassured that Members are considering the issues they raised. For example, over the...
- Taxi Regulation (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: Will the signage be displayed bilingually? That issue was brought to my attention and I do not think it has been mentioned previously.
- Dublin Airport Authority (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: I met the chairman and we had a long discussion at the committee meeting. There was a concern in terms of the issue of the pay cap of â¬250,000 set by the Minister. It is too much one way or the other but in this time of austerity and given all that is happening in the economy, I have no wish to see us going beyond that amount. The chairman indicated he had no problem with this in...
- Jobs Initiative (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: We know that there has been a huge drop in the internal market at the airports. I hope that we can look at more initiatives for the internal market. There has been an increase internationally, which tapered towards the end of last year. With the Olympic Games approaching, are we in contact with our counterparts in the North? Many events have been organised in the North which can feed into...
- Jobs Initiative (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: It is open to all.
- Taxi Regulations (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: Prior to its publication I assume it will go back to the committee for consideration.
- Taxi Regulations (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: We have not seen the review.
- Taxi Regulations (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: I meant the Oireachtas committee.
- Taxi Regulations (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: That is fine.
- National Sports Campus (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: It leaked.
- Rail Services (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: We had debates on the different projects and Luas BXD is one that has been chosen to move ahead. The EU and IMF were critical of us cutting capital spending, which should be borne in mind. We argued that cutting the capital spend, including metro north, was not good because of all the work that was put in and potential job creation. The Minister has indicated that we are awaiting the...
- Rail Services (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: We did not lose any battles on capital projects and we believe projects should proceed. We made such a point. The timescale for these projects is very long and the Minister has mentioned dates in 2015 and 2017. The 2016 commemorations are coming up and I would like to see at least one of these projects in place by then. In Ballymun we collected many contributions along the routes so will...
- Rail Services (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: The total was approximately â¬3.1 million.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 139 of 9 November 2011 and 221 of 15 December 2011, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council local authority mortgage holders have received no communication from the council on the interest rate cuts and that some mortgage holders are...
- Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (12 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars in the period 2009 to date in 2012 which have received NCT examination that have failed; the proportion of these that were passed within the 30 days allowed for partial retest; and the proportion that passed a full retest after the end of the 30 day cut off. [1585/12]
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: Yesterday in the United States and other countries there was a shutdown of websites such as Google, Tumblr, Mozilla and Wikipedia.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: They shut down all day in protest at the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA. Under our criminal justice Bill, the cyber crime Bill is due to come into force. When will it be published? There are huge ramifications for the sharing of and access to information on the Internet and freedom of speech.
- Mortgage Arrears (19 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: There are roughly 100,000 distressed mortgages in the State, with â¬1 billion in arrears owed. Some 8.1% or 62,970 mortgages are 90 days or more behind with payments. The average amount of the arrears is just over â¬17,000. There are 46,371 mortgages in arrears for over 180 days. The average arrears in these cases is approximately â¬21,000. The director of FLAC said that the number of...
- Mortgage Arrears (19 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State. I am glad to hear we are considering these mortgages before people end up losing their homes. That is very important. However, the practice until lately, which varied in different local authorities and was a source of frustration, was to look at the situation at the very last minute, when people were virtually outside the door with the banks on their backs....
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Jan 2012)
Dessie Ellis: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected management and organisational structures of new further education and training authority SOLAS; and the percentage of its management that will come from the entity previously known as FÃS. [2958/12]