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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Restricted Electrical Works Regulations) 2013: Motion (3 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: It is happening a fair bit these days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Restricted Electrical Works Regulations) 2013: Motion (3 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: There are various ways of doing it. Where there is a will, there is a way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Restricted Electrical Works Regulations) 2013: Motion (3 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome the regulation. I am a technician and am well used to dealing with electrical items. However, the regulation relates to domestic situations, but a broader range needs to be considered. There are rules for factories and other businesses, but some regulations of a similar nature would be useful in that respect. Enforcing this regulation will be difficult. Inspectors have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that guidance counsellors in many schools are reporting that up to seventy per cent of their case load is now taken up by pastoral care and counselling with higher incidents of self-harm, drug abuse, children suffering from depression, abuse and the effects of family breakdown; and if he will respond...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the claims that the reduction in the number of school guidance counsellors reflects his lack of understanding of the important role they perform in schools and that he is also denying children and young persons access to important supports and services when at school. [32219/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I too welcome the additional funding to which the Minister of State referred. It is clear that small but essential adaptations, such as the installation of ramps and hand-rails and the widening of doorways, have been placed on a lower priority list by Dublin City Council. In a number of cases, people are refusing to allow relatives to leave rehabilitation care or hospitals because they...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: There are roughly 3,500 people on the housing waiting list that are elderly or have a disability, which is approximately 3.5% of those waiting for social housing in this State. Many people placed on waiting lists will be able to obtain rent allowance. While an offer of unstable housing is no solution and seeks only to perpetuate the poverty trap, it is something at a time when little...

Topical Issue Debate: Undocumented Irish in the USA (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: There is a buzz about the place.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held negotiations with the Troika over tracker mortgages; if he is planning any regulatory or legislative changes to allow for borrowers in some circumstances to be moved off tracker mortgages. [31863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislating to make every company operating here but not tax resident here or in any other country deemed tax resident in Ireland. [31877/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students of a school (details supplied) will be moved to their temporary location when the new term starts in September. [31528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the recent cuts to special needs assistants will affect schools in Ballymun and Finglas, Dublin. [31544/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: After-School Support Services (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Ballymun, Dublin, was not chosen as an area in respect of new after-school child care scheme; and if it will be included in future plans. [31542/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a housing adaption grant in respect of a person (details supplied). [31547/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce exemptions or waivers from commercial rates for start up businesses. [31522/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce exemptions or waivers from commercial rates for the arts and culture sector. [31523/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if new businesses are liable for unpaid commercial rates from previous tenants. [31524/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Write-Offs (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to expand the criteria for the writing off of commercial rates. [31525/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that was received from call out charges for the fire service from 2011 and 2012. [31526/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (2 Jul 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if rates are payable on the old health centre and old swimming pool in Ballymun, Dublin. [31529/13]