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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (15 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the release of funding by the State for the development of the A5 road project; and the progress being made on the upgrades to the A5. [21596/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (15 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that adequate capacity is maintained for taxis in Dublin city centre during the disruption of the Luas development, in view of the limited number of ranks available; and if he has met or will meet representative of taxi drivers to discuss the problems they face regarding same. [21595/14]

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: What about the €60 million the Government cut off?

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Give us the investment fund then.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: We know that.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: We need to start now.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: In the last budget the Government cut housing by €60 million.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: What happened at-----

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: We are in a crisis.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Táim an-bhuíoch labhairt ar son an PMB seo. The past few years has seen chronic and constant confusion with regard to medical cards. Many of the cases that I have come across in my constituency have defied imagination in terms of the reasons given for the refusal to grant their medical cards. We are witnessing a startling fall in the number of persons who are granted or...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (13 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: Irish to follow. We have waited more than three years for a significant legislation on housing from this Government. This Bill is certainly significant and contains some improvements to how local authority tenancies are managed but it will do very little to change the course of the housing crisis we currently face. Currently, just under 90,000 households are on housing waiting lists across...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Services Funding (13 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister. In the past, the HSE promised the centre funding for a specific number of staff and 40 children and operational costs, which never materialised. Instead, it reduced funding by €300,000 in the past five years. Had the commitment been honoured, it would have given an additional €191,000 for 2014. The Minister could investigate whether the HSE reneged on a...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Services Funding (13 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome the Minister to his new job and wish him all the best in it. There is a crisis developing in our public crèches throughout the country and in particular with the Jigsaw project, the Darndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare Services. Over the past few years, there have been cuts to the budgets across a broad range of funders. In the case of Darndale, 260 child care places are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (13 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a report on the possibility of opening an Educate Together secondary school in the Dublin north west area. [21324/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of increasing numbers at risk of homelessness due to rising rents, if she has issued instructions to community welfare officers to use their discretion to breach rent supplement caps in the case where a recipient is at risk of losing their home, if she has not, if she will do so immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has carried out any review of the effectiveness and benefit of certificate of professional competence, CPC, courses for professional drivers; if so, what were his findings and, if not, if he will commit to one as soon as possible. [20632/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that certificate of professional competence, CPC, courses for professional drivers are relevant or useful to those taking them; and his plans to reform the model in operation, possibly by adding an on-the-road element to the course curriculum. [20661/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: My point is that some local authorities are not even doing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: I addressed a couple of questions to the local authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Dessie Ellis: The issue here is that it is being watered down.