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Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: What about Dublin and Cork city councils?

Community Development (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I believe some of what the previous speaker said had an anti-Traveller tone. I tend to resent some of the things that have been said about the Traveller community and minority communities. RAPID has been fantastic for certain disadvantaged areas like my area of Finglas and Ballymun, which has availed of the programme. The Minister said money may become available. Is there a possibility of...

Community Development (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: He sounds like it.

Community Development (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: The Deputy is playing to the locals.

Community Development (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: They could be the only section that is causing trouble.

Community Development (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: It is very anti-Traveller.

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to refund the household charge to residents of Priory Hall, Belmayne and pyrite contaminated housing who paid the charge and exempt them and residents of these houses who have not paid the charge but are liable. [22171/12]

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have paid the household charge; the number of these that are entitled to waivers; and the action he will take to meet the shortfall in the funding of local authorities. [22128/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities have awarded contracts to development companies which have unfinished estates on their books; and if he intends to resolve this practice. [22568/12]

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: At the height of the boom 269,000 people were working in the construction industry. This figure has since fallen to approximately 100,000, a major decline that has delivered a massive blow to the construction industry which is clearly on its knees and needs a major stimulus. The potential to provide more jobs is considerable, although I accept employment in the sector will never return to...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Then the Government will welcome in the European Stability Mechanism, ESM.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Where will we get the €1.27 billion?

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Will the Taoiseach outline when the residential tenancies (amendment) Bill will be published? What stage are we at? Will powers of deposit retention for the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, be included? This is a major issue of contention that crops up constantly. I remind the Taoiseach that his Labour colleagues were committed to this previously-----

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: -----and had a Private Members' debate on it.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: And a few members of the Government as well.

Written Answers — Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 123: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis cur síos a dhéanamh ar na tuarascálacha iniúchta ón gCoimisinéir Teanga a cuireadh os comhair an Oireachtais ó osclaíodh an oifig, agus ar aon ghníomh atá déanta ina leith; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21656/12]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to see that sports clubs which are awaiting general consent of the Minister for Finance under Section 67 of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 to a Deed of Covenant and charge for grants under the Sports Capital Programme (details supplied) get this general consent as soon as possible; and if he will clarify the reason...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to give general consent under Section 67 of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 to the Deed of Covenant and Charge drawn up by Dublin City Council for grants received by a group (details supplied) in the years 2004 and 2007 under the Sports Capital Programme. [21526/12]

Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Ba mhaith liom tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. Today is May Day, a day when workers, trade unionists and those who struggle for a better world for ordinary people remember the fights of the past, the victories, the losses, the revolutions and the counter-revolutions, the great men and the great women. It is a day we in Sinn Féin mark and a day that always causes me to pause and...

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: There seems to be a fundamental shift of local authority functions to new bodies such as Irish Water and, in the case of this Bill, transferring commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing to the Road Safety Authority, RSA. The replacing of local authorities as the agency responsible in this area is a retrograde step. Local authorities have been starved of funding but have still managed to...