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Other Questions: Pyrite Issues (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is important we find a resolution to this. There have been numerous promises made and I have attended many meetings on this. Are all of the companies engaging? There were suggestions some of them were not engaging and if that is the case, we were promised a solution would be imposed. While we are talking about houses, there are also paths, roads and boundaries that have been affected...

Other Questions: Pyrite Issues (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I am talking about the roads in estates.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Regarding the resolution board, it is important that there be a mechanism for judging the cost of the remediation works. It will vary and we have heard figures from €50,000 to €80,000. Local authority housing has the same problem. While there is a mechanism to get money from the Department for such housing, would it not make sense to include local authority housing in this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is disappointing we have not yet had word back from the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, given that he has twice indicated to us that he has given the industry a deadline to produce a solution to the pyrite problem. He stated previously that he was considering making requests for funding remediation measures in the houses in question. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he is now putting in place as a result of his meetings with the construction industry insurance, quarries and banks with a view to levying these industries as was recommended by the pyrite panel; and if he was successful in his discussions with these groups and has agreement been reached or will he now look to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to evacuate residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Longford while works are being carried out; if he is seeking to source any more funds to help with necessary works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54240/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to continue to provide free travel to those currently eligible into the future and to implement measures to better ascertain usage of this service such as a swipe card. [52666/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to work with her counterparts in the Stormont Assembly to have free travel passes recognised on a cross border basis in view of the fact that currently a person eligible for free travel going to Belfast from Dublin would need to buy a ticket crossing the border and vice versa for someone travelling from Belfast. [52667/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the money for works to be carried out on an estate (details supplied) in County Longford are earmarked for particular works on the site; what those works are; and the way these decisions were made. [54049/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Pay (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount a person (details supplied) was being paid in sick leave since June 2011 until their recent resignation [54092/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Pay (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount a person (details supplied) may expect as a lump sum and annual pension payment following their recent retirment. [54093/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form all payments made to board members of the National Transport Authority including payments, salaries, expenses, mileage, and other allowances and so on since the 1 of January 2012. [53705/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if board members of the National Transport Authority are required to provide receipts when claiming expenses; the number of board members of the National Transport Authority who make regular use of public transport such as Dublin Bus, Luas and/or DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53706/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans to build a bridge across the rail line at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [54393/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Dec 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of manually operated railway crossings here and his plans to update same. [54394/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Land Acquisitions (29 Nov 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has had any discussions with a company (details supplied) regarding land purchases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53330/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (29 Nov 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a household which had not paid the household charge went into probate, would those who take ownership of the home after the process has been completed be liable for late fines or interest on the charge [53408/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (29 Nov 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person who is liable for the payment of the household charge in a situation where a person is only in control of a portion of their home having entered into an agreement with a company (details supplied). [53409/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Wicklow Port Company: Discussion with Chairman Designate (28 Nov 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I had a question about the leisure industry.