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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been denied access to the fund for survivors of institutional abuse in order to pay for their child's education despite having had access to this for older children. [29306/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (18 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of where the €50 million for the energy efficiency investment programme for local authority homes will be spent. [29455/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on the new school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and when students will be moved to their temporary classrooms. [28464/13]

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I am not sure how matters are generally arranged in the sequencing of questions, but I had assumed I would have a chance to speak before colleagues were allowed to ask supplementary questions.

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Thank you, Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In regard to HomeBond, that company refused even to meet the committee or engage in any way in its deliberations, which was disappointing. There was a certain arrogance in its position. I have heard a figure of €25 million in regard to it. Perhaps the Minister might indicate whether that is correct. The major issues with the proposed scheme...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Will the banks be contributing an up-front sum, as the Minister initially indicated?

Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: The Dormant Accounts Fund has been very good to many areas of the country, including my own. The Minister made reference to the fact that the Dormant Accounts Fund comprises a number of different accounts. Are Prize Bonds included at all? I know there are countless bonds sitting in drawers and elsewhere for many years. Nobody seems to know what is happening in this regard and there is no...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: It is unacceptable that some contracts are for three and four years but landlords are saying properties must be sold six months into the contracts because the banks are forcing them to do so. Under the forthcoming insolvency system, I can see this increasing because banks are putting more and more pressure on landlords to meet their obligations. The families pay the price and it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problem that many tenants are having finding suitable accommodation under the rental accommodation scheme following the completion of their original RAS contract and that in some cases families with young children are being forced to enter emergency accommodation despite a local...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: The first thing we must do is recognise that there is a major problem with the rental accommodation scheme. Many landlords are now saying they must sell the houses which have been available for rent, with the result that people are ending up homeless or looking for new rental accommodation which is not forthcoming. Rents are rising and it is more attractive in some cases to move into the...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I know.

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I acknowledge the Minister of State's intention in this legislation of moving towards a fairer system with more consistency across the board in terms of rents. Action must be taken as a matter of urgency to bring rents into line across the country. The Minister of State seems to be working towards that objective, but the pace of progress is too slow. There are massive differences in rents...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I support Deputy Boyd Barrett's amendments. The setting of rents across local authorities is very important and there must be consistency. One of the main problems is that different local authorities apply different rent rates. Differential rent rates should be based on the income of tenants, which is the fairest way to determine them. Ability to pay should be taken into account. It is...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: We have all received complaints regarding unruly and noisy residents and the lack of power the Garda and other enforcement agencies have to tackle this. The noise nuisance Bill that is due to be published should allow for fines and mediation between neighbours. It is embarrassing that the gardaí are obliged to call to these houses and use peer pressure to get people to turn down the...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: What about the noise nuisance Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Roads Maintenance: Discussion with County and City Managers Association (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Is there a contingency fund of any description, or is it that if something happens the local authority goes to the Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Roads Maintenance: Discussion with County and City Managers Association (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I thank our guests for their presentation. It is difficult to see how we are going to maintain high standards in view of the cuts that have been imposed and the fact that funding has almost been halved since 2007. In the context of the €50 million provided by the Minister recently, will our guests outline how this money will be prioritised? I had already heard about the rating...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (12 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from Dublin Region Homeless Agency on the number of persons sleeping rough in the city; his plans to address the growth in these numbers and to provide sufficient emergency accommodation spaces; and his Department's short, middle and long term targets in relation to...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: When this Government was elected in 2011, it was a massive change in Irish politics. However, the reality is that while a lot changed in terms of faces and names, the politics pretty much stayed the same. It stayed the same for two reasons, namely, because Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are not really all that different, when it comes to policy anyway, but also, despite what Fine Gael and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the EU Commission has initiated an infringement procedure against Ireland due to its failure to provide carer's allowance to Irish citizens entitled to it who are living elsewhere within the EU; the way this procedure will affect her Departments dealings with a person (details supplied) who had...