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Written Answers — Prompt Payment System: Prompt Payment System (29 Feb 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to ensure that prompt payment is made by Departments and associated bodies to small and medium enterprises. [11329/12]

Community Employment Schemes (1 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement providing further detail on her decision to shorten community employment announced in Pathways to Work; and if she is concerned that the shortening of CE will compromise its ability to offer meaningful training and qualifications. [11884/12]

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (1 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the board of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 have not received a response from his Department seeking a subvention to facilitate the granting of increased hours. [12075/12]

Written Answers — Arts Plan: Arts Plan (6 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way he intends to maximise the potential of community arts projects as an important tool for social inclusion in areas of disadvantage; the contact he has had with other relevant parties in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/12]

Written Answers — An Teanga Gaeilge: An Teanga Gaeilge (6 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 96: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén obair atá déanta aige chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn i measc comhlachtaí príobháideacha sa Stát. [12562/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council local authority mortgage holders have received only a single 0.25% cut to their interest rate since the rates were last increased in August 2011, despite the fact that the ECB rate was cut by 0.25% in November and again in December 2011...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (6 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the current delays in the processing of bridging visas; the steps he is taking to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12261/12]

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Táimid glan i gcoinne sócmhainní Stáit a dhíol, is cuma cé mhéid atá i gceist. Roimh an toghchán, bhí Pairtí an Lucht Oibire go háirithe i gcoinne díola mar seo. Tá an Rialtas ag chur an locht ar an AE agus ar an IMF, agus de réir a chéile, níl an dara rogha againn. Tá rogha eile ann, agus níl sé riachtanach leanúint leis na polasaithe seo. Tá slí eile ann, agus...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I just got the message - we are all right.

Local Authority Charges (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I would like the Minister to clarify how he proposes to follow up cases of non-payment. It has been mentioned that a system of attachment orders would be introduced, which would result in money being take from people's wages or social welfare payments.

Local Authority Charges (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister for Justice and Equality said that he was considering bringing forward legislation to do this but the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Taoiseach both said that would not be the case.

Local Authority Charges (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Will non-payment be pursued under the Fines Act 2010? Will this be the means by which the Minister will chase people to pay this tax?

Local Authority Charges (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Is that the method the Minister will pursue?

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I will take it.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I understand that but I have-----

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is not but I want to ask the Minister about the panel which was in place and which expired in December 2011. People were on the panel for years and have been excluded from it while Dublin City Council has sought to fill posts from within its workforce.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: If there are posts available the staff in Dublin City Council are not sufficiently skilled to fill them. This is a specific skill and one does not find fire brigade members within a local authority. They are specialist people. This is the wrong way to go.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I am putting the question. It has also been a terrible blow to those who have been on the panel for many years.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister has indicated that he can intervene in certain circumstances.

Public Service Staff (8 Mar 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Will he intervene if the staff numbers fall to a drastically low level, which is beginning to happen?