Results 181-200 of 4,672 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: World Health Organization World Report on Hearing: Irish Deaf Society (29 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I was talking about grading levels of deafness. I was curious.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: One of the most difficult decisions that families have to make is how to take care of their parents as they get older and it becomes clear that they can no longer take care of themselves. Difficult choices have to be made to ensure that elderly parents receive the type of care they deserve and that their adult children can no longer provide, especially in the long term. People want the best...

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Each year, parents find that back-to-school costs have increased since the previous year and are putting them under greater financial pressure. In a society where education is supposed to be free, parents find that putting even just one child through school can cost thousands of euro. Parents putting two or more children through school find the financial burden is becoming unsustainable....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rental Sector (15 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am glad to hear that further changes are envisioned. In all honesty, when you think about it, a ten-year rule for someone who has been in a council house for ten, 15 or 20 years, who gets married and is then confined to hanging on for up to ten years, does not make sense. I hope that is reconsidered. We must get an appropriate balance, as the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rental Sector (15 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: That is required under the UNCRPD.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rental Sector (15 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The tenant purchase scheme has been a very effective way for people to purchase their property from local authorities. There have been a number of changes to the scheme and the most recent in February 2022 included that a tenant has to have ten years' tenancy and meet the criteria to qualify on their own for a loan. The problem arises where a person has ten years or more tenancy and gets...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an intention to increase the housing adaption grant for people with disabilities, which has a maximum grant of €30,000 or 95% of the cost of the works up to the maximum grant amount of €30,000, in view of the increased costs in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 861. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to work in Ballymun Garda station. [27317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: 862. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel assigned to the Santry-Whitehall area, given the closure of Whitehall Garda station. [27318/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome both the Bill and the new approach to dealing with child crime, which sees children more as victims of exploitation and not simply as delinquents intent on criminal or antisocial activity. The Bill provides for the prosecution of adults who groom children to commit crimes. It is something that has been advocated for by me and other Members of the Oireachtas across all parties for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disabled People's Organisations and the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (1 Jun 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone for their input there. Once again, we can hear directly from the people who are most affected and the organisations representing them. We have heard from all of the different services, including the HSE and different groups, and often enough one gets bogged down listening to them when we talk about funding and so on. Having listened to everyone here, from the people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Dylan, Niamh, Padraic, Saoirse and Ciarán for their input. There is absolutely no doubt, from much of what they have said, that people have been let down badly, particularly those working in the disability sector and those who are disabled. I listened to the witnesses' stories. Each tells us what is happening to people on the ground. It is quite disturbing. We do not have...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: The constituency of Dublin North-West that I represent is served by three hospitals. The Mater hospital is a teaching hospital that provides acute and tertiary specialist services for approximately 190,000 people. The Mater hospital is also the national centre for a number of specialties, for example, spinal injuries, cardiac surgery, and heart and lung transplants. It is the home of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank everyone from all of the different Departments for their input. I will come back to the issue of housing and the housing adaptation grants for people with disabilities and older people. Obviously, these grants are administered by Dublin City Council and other local authorities. My experience has been that, in many cases, the defined thresholds are too high when it comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Yes, but it is also the issue of what the terms are. For instance, I deal with people with autism who may need extra accommodation or otherwise whom the local authority, Dublin City Council, does not deem a priority. They are continually shot down. That whole system on how a judgment is made and who is a priority needs to be reviewed. I know Mr. O'Sullivan is talking about the priority...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: By and large, the local authorities do a good job but there is certainly a huge deficit there when it comes to people with disabilities in terms of getting more things done and expanding that definition. It is much more widespread than we think.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: Price gouging.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: It is more than ten years since Finglas was promised a primary care centre. A comprehensive study by the HSE and other services was carried out. It identified the urgent need to deliver a primary care centre in the north and west of Finglas. At the time, Finglas was the top priority on the list, ahead of Cabra and Blanchardstown primary care centres which were built a couple of years ago....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: As the Minister of State said, this is a fantastic place. The Church of Annunciation has been there for many years. It will be pulled down. The site is very large. It is in the heart of Finglas. I do not know why we cannot decide that this project can move ahead much more quickly. The Minister of State referred to the second quarter of this year. We are in the second quarter of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank our guests for their contributions. I thank Michael in particular for sharing the lived experience he has had with us. He has shown us all of the obstacles that people with disabilities have to face and how he has overcome them, although, obviously, he still has more obstacles to overcome. My experience is that I deal with a lot of issues related to carers. As everyone knows,...