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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (27 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Health if he has an up-to-date-cost-benefit analysis of the development of primary care centres by means of public-private partnership as against development by the Health Service Executive directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40986/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (27 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of primary care centres; the locations chosen to commence development; the criteria used for choosing priority locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40985/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers (27 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will implement to help those who are in negative equity on shared ownership mortgages for properties which are no longer suitable to their family needs (details supplied). [41055/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers (27 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to help those who because of the low level of repayment and increasing rent levels want to buy out their shared ownership mortgage to get credit either from local authorities or other bodies or funds. [41056/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: New Ross Port Company: Discussion with Chairman Designate (27 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Lawlor for his presentation and have a couple of questions. What are his views on the potential selling off of New Ross Port which is State-owned? Does he agree with selling it off? On reviewing the figures supplied, I acknowledge huge profits are not made, but does Mr. Lawlor think doing so would be detrimental to the port? Does he think that were it to enter private hands,...

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The report and series of recommendations from the panel set up to examine the crisis regarding pyrite has been published. Slightly more than 10,000 homes were identified, 850 of which needed immediate attention and repairs. I note this does not include paths, streets or even some of the boundaries. There may be many thousands more, as problems with pyrite may not become manifest until...

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I will revert to the matter later.

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I believe that is the first time I heard the stakeholders had responded and I am glad to hear that. I hope they came back with something positive but my suspicions are that they have not. I believe the State will need to put money up front. If we need to consider levies to get the money from the different industries and agencies, it will take a long time to accumulate through that method....

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: No pal of mine was involved in Priory Hall.

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I will not either.

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister is right about that.

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Can the Minister give us an indicator of what those would be?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the continued concerns regarding employment in the retail sector, the steps or proposals that are under active consideration by him to address the issue of rigid costs. [41613/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the credit guarantee scheme will be operational. [41614/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the promised funding for upgrade works at a location (details supplied); the amount he has given through internal capital receipts for this work; if he will provide an outline of the project including the works to be carried out; if houses bought from the council will be included; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fire audit carried out at a location (details supplied); and the way the finding of the audit will affect plans for upgrade work to be carried out by the council. [41401/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the steering group formed by Longford County Council and the Health Service Executive to investigate issues related to deficient private sewerage networks and sewerage gas ventilation systems in an area (details supplied) in County Longford; the explosions they investigated...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to grant emergency funding to Longford County Council in order to deal with the unfinished housing (details supplied) in County Longford. [41721/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to set up an investigation into the planning procedure which resulted in the development of an area (details supplied) in County Longford which has serious issues with sewerage and sewerage gas systems which might have resulted in an explosion on the estate on 15 March 2012. [41722/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (2 Oct 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is planning to help taxi drivers who have a car older than three years but at present cannot afford to buy a less than three year old car in advance of the ending of transferability of licences in January and will then lose what was a family business such as a person (details supplied). [41292/12]