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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (15 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will release any extra funding to address the serious deterioration of roads here. [43432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (15 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to raise the speed limits on specific parts of our motorways and national routes. [43433/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the works planned by the National Transport Authority on the level crossing at Ashtown Pelletstown. [43434/13]

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: There is a fight among Labour Party members. The Chair will have to deal with that.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Tolls (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome steps which will make business a little easier for hauliers. In light of the efforts the Government has made in this regard, I am pleased to give credit where it is due. The lifting of tolls for hauliers in November will help make the year a little easier for haulage companies, many of which are barely scraping a living as a result of the ongoing recession and the rising cost of...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Tolls (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I noted the Minister of State's point that the decisions in this matter were taken by the National Roads Authority in conjunction with local authorities. It is clear, however, that the NRA introduced the pilot scheme in response to a request from the Minister. This indicates that the Minister has a certain amount of influence on what roads will be included in the scheme. As the main road...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I hope we might seek to deal with it by means of some mechanism. The case relating to the Gleann Riada estate is very special. As the Taoiseach is aware, explosions have occurred on the estate which is built on a flood plain. I have visited the estate and am aware that the conditions there are terrible.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I would like the relevant Minister to respond.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: The issues concerning Priory Hall have been top of the agenda and a special case has been made for those concerned, and rightly so. The Minister is engaged with a number of stakeholders, including the banks and, hopefully, we are near a solution. The Gleann Riada estate in Longford is also-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: They are all over in Australia or Canada.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister for his presentation to the committee. The extra cost to the consumer is a concern and one which the Minister says he shares. I have a question about the issue of luggage charges. There are many variations in the airline industry. Ryanair has one charge while Aer Lingus has another. Will these charges be standardised or will it be left to the airlines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I ask for some examples of how we can avail of TEN-T funding. It was originally designed for special projects in areas such as the west of Ireland. It is being used in some harbours. I ask what is in the pipeline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Does this mean that linking Belfast and Dublin is the type of project which would be funded by TEN-T?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Procurement Service Framework Agreements (9 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's procurement reform programme and the work of the new office of government procurement. [42524/13]

Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: More than three weeks ago, I raised the issue of the Pyrite Levy Bill and was told a submission would be made to the Cabinet on 23 September. Judging by the response the Taoiseach gave to Deputy Martin, there appears to be problems with this Bill. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, promised the residents that this would be dealt with swiftly and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Back to School Costs (8 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the latest Central Statistics Office consumer price survey which shows the cost of education is 4.8% higher compared to September 2012; and his further views on whether the financial strain being placed on parents and students is reflected by the fact that the average third level grant amounts to €84 per week compared to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that his Department has engaged with the ASTI in an effort to resolve the industrial action by the ASTI following the rejection by its members of the Haddington Road Agreement. [42207/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the disturbance being caused to residents of an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 11 by planes flying over their houses between 11pm and 4am. [42009/13]

Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: We have all experienced noisy neighbours and the feeling of powerlessness in dealing with them. The hands of the Garda Síochána are tied. The noise nuisance Bill has powers to impose on the spot fines as well as mediation. When will the Bill be brought before the House? It is a major issue when neighbours have parties.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (3 Oct 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that in relation to the Central Bank’s IT system an engineer (details supplied) making a change to the application server which was not approved by the Central Bank caused a short outage as the server crashed. [41517/13]