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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To clarify, several of our amendments have been ruled out of order on the grounds of cost. It is very frustrating, having taken the time to bring forward proposals, to have them ruled out in this way. Where costs arise, there is always the possibility of making them up in other ways. In regard to the amendments, the Minister of State has indicated that she will consider a scheme to...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Will the Minister of State comment on the position of large families? I am dealing with a family of ten who are being accommodated in a hotel. Their housing needs are not being met because the local authority cannot deal with them. This is a complicated case as there is a mother, a father and ten children. If they secure private rented accommodation which is what is being sought because...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money his Department has allocated for 2013 for the Arts in Education Programme; if he will provide specific details of the way the money will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26100/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (30 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason people who sit the SPSV knowledge test are not being provided with information on the specifics of their results in terms of area and route knowledge therefore making it difficult to improve on their weak points. [26420/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (30 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing taxi licences specific to certain large urban and suburban areas to recognise the difference between the knowledge requirements for drivers in areas (details supplied). [26421/13]

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU-Israel Aviation Agreement: Motion (29 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister. I oppose the agreement, which ignores many of the problems the State and the EU has had with the behaviour of Israel. At present Israel continues to occupy Palestine and enforce an illegal blockade on Gaza, making it effectively the largest prison camp in the world. Israel denies sufficient humanitarian aid thus causing the most horrible deprivation and preventing...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU-Israel Aviation Agreement: Motion (29 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: However, it will not allow the Palestinians to avail of the same thing because they do not have an airport. That is the point.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU-Israel Aviation Agreement: Motion (29 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I intend to call a vote, as I am opposed to the motion.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (29 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views of the abuse of JobBridge scheme by employers who are seeking interns to cover menial tasks; her views on whether interning and gaining practical experience in a take-away or an off-licence requires working 40 hours a week for nine months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25725/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (29 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time for processing social welfare appeals broken down by division and type of appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25724/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Gathering Expenditure (29 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the way that the €336,335 allocated by his Department for programme administration of The Gathering will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26115/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (28 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a statement by the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland's General Secretary (details supplied) that the difficulties facing newly qualified teachers in securing permanent positions is impacting on the quality of the State's education service; if he will consider the establishment of a panel system of entry to second level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (28 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department was consulted by Dublin City Council regarding the proposed disposal of council land (details supplied) in Dublin 17; if the Department has considered this proposal in the light of any plans it might have for its land and in view of the needs of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25447/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (28 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to use part of the Respond complex on Gracepark Road, Dublin for housing. [25677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (28 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available for suicide prevention services and initiatives in the Ballymun area, Dublin, in the years 2010, 2012 and 2013 respectively [25676/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Will there be no standardisation in this regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Ms Brogan for the presentation. Everyone's worry is that the regulation will lead to extra expenses in terms of administration and enforcement bodies. On the face of it, it ties up a lot of areas. We have all been in a position in which we have had to sit and wait when a flight is cancelled. It has happened many times. Will baggage weight be standardised? Different airlines...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I am aware of a family of two parents and ten children who are staying in Bewley's Hotel in Newlands Cross because they are homeless. They left their dwelling in Cavan because they could not handle the situation and went to the Dublin City Council area. However, they are counted as making themselves homeless and are not even on the homeless list. It is a major problem because the only...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: On the transfer of the rent supplement, is that process still on target and what, if any, will be the implications in this regard?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Dessie Ellis: Rent supplement has been reduced a number of times in recent months. Will the introduction of this mechanism stabilise that situation, thus alleviating the problem in terms of the number of people being forced into homelessness? Will the result of this be no further cuts to rent supplement? The situation in this regard is chaotic, with many people having to leave their homes because...