Results 701-720 of 4,698 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 1254: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of cuts and staff reductions in Beaumont Hospital and the Mater Hospital, Dublin [18243/12]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (18 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 1415: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all consultations with taxi industry representative groups since the publication of the taxi review report; and if he has any plans for further consultation throughout its implementation. [18617/12]

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Tánaiste is labouring the subject.

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (19 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to recent concerns expressed by the TUI that the Dublin Institute of Technology is to phase out construction trades as a result of the Higher Education Authority funding model which will penalise the provision of certain courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19510/12]

Written Answers — Schools Guidance Counsellors: Schools Guidance Counsellors (19 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to claims from the ASTI that the curtailment of guidance provision in second level schools will lead to an increase in early school dropout; his views on a survey carried out by a company (details supplied) which shows that seven out of 10 second-level schools are considering cutting back on guidance counselling by...

Social Welfare Code (25 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the all-party Oireachtas committee report on the single working age payments recommendation that carer's should not be included in a single working age payment. [20602/12]

Social Welfare Code (25 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the all-party Oireachtas committee report on the single working age payments recommendation that the value of the existing earnings disregards secondary benefit and means or capital allowances be maintained; and if she will offer a commitment to that effect. [20603/12]

Workplace Deaths (25 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The purpose of Workers' Memorial Day is to remember the dead and fight for the living. It is a memorial to remember all those killed through work, while at the same time ensuring that such tragedies are not repeated. The best way to do this is to ensure better health and safety in addition to stricter enforcement with higher penalties for breaches of health and safety laws in the workplace....

Workplace Deaths (25 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is very disappointing that in 2005 the Law Reform Commission's report recommended the introduction of an offence of corporate manslaughter but in 2010 the Government established an interdepartmental working group to report back. This is a very long time. We should be pressing this issue as it is urgent. In my constituency of Dublin North-West there were two fatalities, a worker and a...

Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Tánaiste's own members in SIPTU are opposed.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is clear people are struggling through a myriad of taxes, be they stealth or otherwise, which have been introduced over the past several budgets. The previous crowd, as the Minister calls the previous Government, was also responsible for this. The Minister's own partners in government, the Labour Party, opposed water charges right up until they entered office. When I was on my local...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: In the last bad winter we had, local authorities responded magnificently to problems with water supplies because they had the expertise and back-up which will be lost when it is shifted over to this new semi-State company. It will be a retrograde step and people will resist it. Larger families will pay a heavier price in water allocations. Will there be a standard charge? Will there be a...

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (26 Apr 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that small and medium enterprises are resourced, trained and supported to tender for State contracts [20903/12]

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I wish to share time with Deputy Michael Colreavy.

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: There seems to be a fundamental shift of local authority functions to new bodies such as Irish Water and, in the case of this Bill, transferring commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing to the Road Safety Authority, RSA. The replacing of local authorities as the agency responsible in this area is a retrograde step. Local authorities have been starved of funding but have still managed to...

Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. Today is May Day, a day when workers, trade unionists and those who struggle for a better world for ordinary people remember the fights of the past, the victories, the losses, the revolutions and the counter-revolutions, the great men and the great women. It is a day we in Sinn Féin mark and a day that always causes me to pause and...

Written Answers — Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 123: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis cur síos a dhéanamh ar na tuarascálacha iniúchta ón gCoimisinéir Teanga a cuireadh os comhair an Oireachtais ó osclaíodh an oifig, agus ar aon ghníomh atá déanta ina leith; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21656/12]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to see that sports clubs which are awaiting general consent of the Minister for Finance under Section 67 of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 to a Deed of Covenant and charge for grants under the Sports Capital Programme (details supplied) get this general consent as soon as possible; and if he will clarify the reason...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to give general consent under Section 67 of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 to the Deed of Covenant and Charge drawn up by Dublin City Council for grants received by a group (details supplied) in the years 2004 and 2007 under the Sports Capital Programme. [21526/12]

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: And a few members of the Government as well.