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State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 18:In page 31, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “35.The Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 is amended by inserting a new section 32A as follows:“32A.(1)A healthy company or companies under section 32 shall not be allowed to close its pension scheme except where the scheme has reached a minimum 90 per cent funding standard....

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: From day one, I was very unhappy about how the Bill was being brought through the Houses. As it is a Bill dealing with the Shannon Group merger, the pensions issue should have been dealt with separately in a separate Bill. We should have been able to deal with it on its own because it has such far-reaching consequences for many people, many of whom invested heavily during the years. The...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 3 o’clock For the Government to take these amendments together and not accept any Opposition amendments is disappointing. It is one of the reasons I am opposing section 34. I support Deputy Clare Daly in respect of amendment No. 4. In the interest of pensioners and deferred pensioners, I ask that a scheme with no negative impact on the pensioners be put in place. Pensions have...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 3:In page 28, to delete lines 20 to 38, to delete pages 29 and 30, and in page 31, to delete lines 1 to 33.I support the creation of a new scheme, as proposed by Deputy Clare Daly, and the transfer of existing schemes to the new scheme to protect their conditions and standing, including the conditions of deferred members who have not even started to receive a pension....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent in 2013 on emergency accommodation; and the amount to date in 2014. [30364/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to build 1000 Y:Cube units as used by London YMCA and to place them on vacant local authority lands with appropriate servicing. [30365/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average rent return from the lowest bracket of local authority tenant for 2013. [30366/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of square feet of vacant land for housing currently in the possession of local authorities. [30367/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all properties currently in the ownership of his Department or local authorities respectively which are not in use and have no plans for their use other than including the specifications of the properties and detailing the square feet that each of the respective properties take up. [30368/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of completed vacant properties which are not available for sale or rent and have not been for the preceding 36 months that there are in the State; and if he will provide an estimate of their respective market values. [30369/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to build an additional 1,000 three bedroomed homes through the local authorities. [30370/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to build an additional 1,000 two bedroomed homes through the local authorities. [30371/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to build an additional 1,000 one bedroomed homes through the local authorities. [30372/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to build an additional 1,000 four bedroomed homes through the local authorities. [30373/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists across the State on the basis of applicant family size; and the numbers of beds required for their appropriate housing. [30374/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all properties currently in the ownership of his Department which are not in use and there are no plans for their use other than including the specifications of the properties and detailing the square feet that each of the respective properties take up. [30376/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Operators (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in 2013 and estimated will be paid by the end of 2014 in subsidies to private toll operators due to lower than expected traffic numbers. [30377/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Transport Authority spent in 2013 and estimated figures for 2014 on consultants, agency workers and other externally contracted staff or tenders, including private sector companies such as Abtran. [30378/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (9 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent in 2013 and the estimated figure for 2014 the National Transport Authority spent on legal services and if he will provide a breakdown of that figure providing details of the work, the companies which provided the work and the expenses provided to them. [30379/14]

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The free travel pass introduced in 1967 was an important step in providing services for older retired people. It was a great success and garnered much political support for both Charlie Haughey, the then Minister for Finance, and the Fianna Fáil Party. To their credit, it provided retired people who were often isolated and financially unable to access private transport, with a route to...