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Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: They are not.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: There will be a few more bailouts yet.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: We are dealing with the present.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: We did not have the numbers. Does Deputy Donohoe not know that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Ireland West Airport Knock: Discussion (5 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Scollan and Mr. Gilmore for their presentation. I do not wish to get into an argument about Shannon and Knock airports because both provide a great service to their respective areas. I was interested to learn that for an airport to be sustainable it needed to handle approximately 1.5 million passengers. Knock's passenger numbers are currently 700,000 and are moving towards the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Is the Minister saying it is fair?

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister should read up on the range of provisions available in Newry.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister still did not answer the question.

Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: We will be supporting the Bill as it allows for CIE to raise more funds for non-capital projects to keep its services to a standard that serves people's needs at least as adequately as is currently the case. In many cases, particularly Dublin Bus, CIE is providing a service which is far from desirable and increasingly worse by comparison with previous years. Many of the reasons are plain...

Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: We did not outline every project we would fund.

Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: We could have a listened 1 million projects.

Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: My colleagues and I support the amendment to the motion. When the Government announced that Shannon Airport was to be separated from the Dublin Airport Authority, I gave the proposal a cautious welcome, bearing in mind the desire of local campaigners to have a prosperous and sustainable airport at Shannon. Those campaigners want Shannon Airport to remain publicly owned but are of the view...

Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: This can be seen in the removal of Aer Rianta International, which I see as the setting up of Shannon for a fall that will lead ultimately to it coming into private hands. Shannon is not just an airport, but a town and a community which have thrived because of the airport's links to the rest of the world. We should be mindful of this and of the need to support this community as it begins...

Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: They will all be privatised.

Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: We will see it in the future.

Other Questions: Traveller Community (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to recognise Traveller ethnicity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54485/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce comprehensive family law reforms that will provide for children being parented by lesbian or gay couples. [54486/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Remuneration (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount former Minister Roisín Shortall TD was paid in severance when she stood down as Minister. [55629/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Project Contracts (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the motorway maintenance and renewals contract put out to tender by the National Roads Authority in April 2012; when the successful companies will be announced; the number of companies that will be given contracts under the tender; if successful companies employ sub contractors to carry out works; if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Bike Schemes (11 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time frame for the roll out of the Dublin bike scheme in the Dublin 11 and Dublin 9 areas and the details of the scheme in those areas. [55566/12]