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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Issues (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I am also curious about how the household charge exemption for people with pyrite will be judged. It may be at an early stage but we will have a lot of people claiming exemptions which will be difficult to judge. Will the resolution board be examining that matter or will it be the Minister's call?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Issues (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Issues (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current position regarding the development of primary legislation for dealing with the levies required to resolve the problems being experienced by families in pyrite contaminated homes; when a fully appointed resolution board will be in place; and if it will include a representative of the Pyrite Action Group in order to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Issues (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: It is disappointing not to have a date for when the legislation will be brought forward. Only the quarry and insurance industries are being levied. Part of the recommendation was to include the building industry. Why is it not included with regard to the levies? It is important that we move quickly because many people are stuck in the situations in which they find themselves. Given what...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to provide affordable housing specifically for those moving out of homelessness and emergency accommodation in view of the large numbers who are stuck in emergency accommodation due to a shortage of housing. [5557/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking to help local authorities to work to prioritise the retrofitting of their housing stock to improve insulation and energy conservation focussing on older homes and those designated for senior citizens. [5559/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking as part of the Programme for Government commitment to tackle anti-social behaviour in all housing tenures and if he will outline any successes or initiatives already in operation. [5112/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families in Ballymun, Dublin, that are still waiting to be rehoused as part of the regeneration project and the details of when these families will be re-housed. [5113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plight of six families currently residing adjacent to a halting site (details supplied in Dublin 15 one of whom has been there for 18 years; and the actions he will take to help the local authorities to accommodate them [5471/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Applications (5 Feb 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 who applied for a category A full motorbike licence and passed his test was denied a class A licence despite having applied and passed his test as well as submitting his certificate before 19 January 2013 [5472/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services (31 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his view on a mobile telephone company blocking the use of Skype on their devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4684/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (31 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of incidents involving carbon monoxide in homes that were reported in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes she intends to make to the rent supplement scheme in view of the strain that recent changes are putting on families and persons in Dublin in particular who cannot find properties within the rent limits. [4065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she still intends to proceed with the introduction of the single working age payment concept, announced by her to the Troika in March 2011; and if a decision has been made to exclude carers, those in receipt of one parent family, disability and invalidity payments. [4064/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is due back to college on 14 February and is struggling to make ends meet [3827/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the works completed, currently underway and planned over the next six months for pyrite affected homes. [3980/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when residents of the Coldrick's Pass estate, Dunshaughlin, County Meath, may expect reparative work on pyrite affected home in the estate to get underway. [3981/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the regeneration funding for estate regeneration has been reduced from €145 million in 2012 to €111.4 million; and the projects that will be affected by these cuts. [4126/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regeneration projects that are being funded in 2013; and the amount that will be allocated to them. [4127/13]

Order of Business (24 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: There are plans to change the tenant purchase scheme some time this year. When will legislation come before the House regarding a new tenant purchase scheme, as it is an important issue for local authorities who sell to people who wish to buy local authority houses?